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Research Article

From lab to industry: lessons learned from the evaluation of augmented and virtual reality use cases in the Austrian manufacturing industry

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Article: 2286345 | Received 05 Apr 2023, Accepted 13 Nov 2023, Published online: 27 Nov 2023

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