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Volume 14, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 1757-191X
  • E-ISSN: 1757-1928

Abstract

In fall, Americans were introduced to the first network game show employing virtual reality, aptly titled . Its premise, spinning off several prior reality shows, gave music performers opportunities to compete nationally, but this time contestants assumed the persona of an .

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