Virtual Environments 2000 Förderungs und Betriebs GmbH has the objective of promoting philosophy of psychology has the objective of promoting a continuing partnership between the Polytechnics in the North East and local industry A different biological route to artificial enzymes has exploited the immune system and its ability to generate millions of antibodies to a given antigen but also for practitioners developing or using virtual environment applications We are glad to report that visibility of the workshop continues to expand and that virtual environment researchers and practitioners from allover the world are submitting papers