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own StoryRoom experiences [18]. For more information on this work, see
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/ allisond/block/blocks.html.

Acknowledgments
This work has been funded by the European Union’s i3 Experimental School
Environments initiative, DARPA, and the Institute for Advanced Computer
Studies. We would also like to acknowledge current members of our design
team: Jack Best, Angela Boltman, Gene Chipman, Cassandra Cosans, Alli-
son Farber, Joe Hammer, Alex Kruskal, Abby Lal, Jade Matthews, Thomas
Plaisant–Schwenn, Michele Platner, Jessica Porteous, Emily Rhodes, Lisa Sher-
man, and Sante Simms.

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