{{Short description|Networked application enabling interaction with others' work}} {{Multiple issues|{{refimprove|date=July 2018}}{{context|date=July 2018}}}} {{Distinguish|Virtual reality}} A '''virtual environment''' is a networked application that allows a user to interact with both the computing environment and the work of other users. Email, chat, and web-based document sharing applications are all examples of virtual environments. Simply put, it is a networked common operating space. Once the fidelity of the virtual environment is such that it "creates a psychological state in which the individual perceives himself or herself as existing within the virtual environment" (Blascovich, 2002, p. 129) then the virtual environment (VE) has progressed into the realm of immersive virtual environments (IVEs).
== References == * Blascovich, J. (2002). [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4471-0277-9_8 Social Influence within Immersive Virtual Environments]. In R. Schroeder (Ed.), The Social Life of Avatars: Presence and Interaction in Shared Virtual Environments (pp. 127-145). London: Springer.
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