When remote participants log on to the multi-user VRML world they choose an avatar and interact with other avatars directly in the virtual world (top) and also through a chat interface (bottom left). They also see a list of who is logged on at the moment (bottom right). In the gallery, a local VRML interface allows the participant to fly his or her own avatar in the virtual world, interacting with the other fish avatars. The local VRML interface is a fish-shaped object that can be handled and moved freely in space. Sensors in the gallery track the movement of the telerobotic fish in three-dimensions and send data to the VRML server. As a result, Uirapuru's avatar (seen flying over the canopy above) moves in the virtual space according to the movement of the telerobotic fish in the gallery.

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