Virtual Worlds have not been deployed widely in collaborative design, and their respective
value is largely unknown. In this paper we make a combined use of established principles in
design and computer-mediated communication studies to provide an account of their value
for collaborative design by presenting three case studies concerned with:(a) review sessions
of the architectural design of a cottage;(b) collaborative design of the interior space of an
academic laboratory;(c) collaboration of design teams for the user interface design of a …