1. Guest editorial — Collaborative virtual environments

   • E. Churchill
   • D. Snowdon

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 3

2. An active worlds interface to Basic Support for Cooperative Working (BSCW) to enhance chance encounters

   • A. Huxor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4 - 14

3. Spin: A 3D interface for cooperative work

   • C. Dumas
   • G. Saugis
   • M. Viaud

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 25

4. Virtual environments for work, study and leisure

   • I. Tomek
   • R. Giles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 37

5. Human-systems interaction for virtual environment team training

   • L. McCarthy
   • R. Stiles
   • J. Rickel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 48

6. Nonverbal communication interface for collaborative virtual environments

   • A. Guye-Vuillème
   • T. K. Capin
   • D. Thalmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 59

7. Constructing social systems through computer-mediated communication

   • B. Becker
   • G. Mark

   OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 73

8. Empathy online

   • J. Preece

   OriginalPaper Pages: 74 - 84