... a message out on the keyboard, and send that message to the other avatar Depending on the nature of the laws of sound in the VW, an avatar may also be able to overhear the conversations of others,... really is only one major difference between these avatar spaces and VWs: Scarcity Nothing was scarce in the avatar space A user could create as many avatars as desired; all avatars had equal abilities;... In a VW, conversely, the user faces scarcity along a number of dimensions First, not all avatars are the same: the user faces constraints on the creation of avatars and, through leveling, on the