Published: March 31, 2000Received: November 19, 1999Available on J-STAGE: August 13, 2009Accepted: December 02, 1999
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The concept of our currently undergoing MICS project is presented. It is a system for constructing a kind of virtual society, called “virtual laboratory”. In the virtual world, participants can exchange information and can discuss it over the internet. The system can be constructed with Java and VRML technologies. Some tools which have already been implemented are also presented briefly.
