<s>
Transformed	B-General_Concept
social	I-General_Concept
interaction	I-General_Concept
(	O
TSI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
research	O
paradigm	O
and	O
theoretical	O
framework	O
related	O
to	O
social	O
interaction	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
environments	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
allows	O
one	O
to	O
break	O
normal	O
rules	O
of	O
physical	O
interaction	O
because	O
users	O
do	O
not	O
actually	O
have	O
to	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
"	O
reality	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
collaborative	B-Operating_System
virtual	I-Operating_System
environment	I-Operating_System
(	O
CVE	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
presenter	O
can	O
program	O
their	O
digital	B-Application
avatar	I-Application
to	O
maintain	O
eye	O
contact	O
with	O
every	O
person	O
in	O
the	O
audience	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dramatic	O
and	O
subtle	O
changes	O
to	O
appearances	O
or	O
behaviors	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
to	O
our	O
avatars	B-Application
for	O
social	O
advantage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
digital	B-Application
avatar	I-Application
could	O
incorporate	O
20%	O
or	O
40%	O
of	O
someone	O
else	O
's	O
face	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
users	O
in	O
tall	O
avatars	B-Application
became	O
more	O
aggressive	O
in	O
a	O
negotiation	O
task	O
than	O
users	O
in	O
short	O
avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
users	O
placed	O
in	O
avatars	B-Application
of	O
an	O
elderly	O
person	O
held	O
fewer	O
negative	O
stereotypes	O
of	O
the	O
elderly	O
in	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
can	O
provide	O
information	O
to	O
a	O
person	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
considered	O
super-human	O
powers	O
in	O
real	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
virtual	O
classrooms	O
could	O
enable	O
teachers	O
to	O
monitor	O
students	O
 '	O
understanding	O
by	O
tracking	B-General_Concept
their	I-General_Concept
eye	I-General_Concept
gaze	I-General_Concept
patterns	I-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
gestures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
every	O
user	O
sees	O
their	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
space	I-Application
,	O
different	O
users	O
could	O
be	O
in	O
different	O
or	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
spatial	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
