Being there together [electronic resource] : social interaction in virtual environments / Ralph Schroeder.

Virtual environments and the changing landscape of information and communication technologies
The varieties of experiences of being there together
Avatar bodies and virtual spaces
collaboration
Social life in online worlds
Modalities of communication
Research uses of multiuser virtual environments
Ethical and social issues in multiuser virtual environments
Multiuser virtual environments and other technologies for being there together
The future of being there together.