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Preserving fright, one haunted house at a time

  • Written by Joel Zika, Lecturer In Visual Communication Design, Deakin University
imageA virtual reality scene – one for each eye – of a haunted ride.Joel Zika, CC BY-NC

I vividly remember my first haunted house ride – it was at the local fairgrounds, just a temporary carnival truck, more façade than ride. I must have been about seven or eight, and I insisted on bringing along a flashlight. I was quite a...

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