LIST OF FIGURES Figure pg 1-1. Two actors rehearsing in a virtual environment ............... ...................2 3 -1. A parti cipant wearing the colored felt strap s ............... ................ ....1 6 3-2. A participant testing out the system ............... ............... ......... 19 3-3. Sample screenshot demonstrating the virtual script system ................ ...........19 3-4. Data flow for both rendering systems ............... .......... ..............20 3-5. Hardware setup for each location ............... ............................21 4-1. The location of each actor on the University of Florida campus ............ ...... ......23 4-2. Results of the co-presence questionnaire administered during the first study.........28 4-3. Results of the presence and co-presence questionnaires-second study .................28 4-4. Results of the presence and co-presence questionnaires-third study ................... .29 4-5. Comparison between question averages for the presence questionnaire ...............29 4-6. Compari son b between que sti on averages for the co-presence que sti onnaire............ 30