The first part of the field research is focused on spatial online services which already exist. These services mostly contribute with an interactive interface where the user can move in and talk/chat to other users.
SpatialChat is an online space for you to come together casually with friends, family and loved ones, or professionally with colleagues and peers for online conferencing and business interactions
So far, SpatialChat has become popular for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRQAGfp6rXI&feature=youtu.be
More Playful Interface
You're having an abstract designed avatar with a video of your head as head itself while video chatting with your mates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRju9Qqw5vM&feature=emb_title
Audio reacting to your virtual position with volume and location.
List of other Proximity Chats
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FgynDnnrrllZZUa42XcKSfD68G5VAMZsLkARXHtgHOM/edit#gid=0
https://youtu.be/CHMjBPUmGZk?t=26
Build your world with your own sketches/ideas and start conversations by getting closer to someone via audio and video.
Similar examples https://gather.town https://rambly.app/#/create
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuelmHLjpdA&feature=youtu.be
Having an Avatar of yourself and walking throurgh the space with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bosfP5sFz3s
Virtual Reality Meetings You are using VR glasses to meet your friends, having your avatar and your natural body movement mapping on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAVojXJoMtU&feature=emb_title
Articles about Virtual Spaces
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hswzBzHSMGxz8rcXg/the-best-virtual-worlds-for-hanging-out
https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-not-cutting-it-virtual-world-online-town/