Benford, SteveGreenhalgh, ChrisSnowdon, DaveBullock, Adrian2017-04-152017-04-151997978-94-015-7372-6We discuss the design of a CVE poetry performance and experiences arising from staging it to two hundred members of the public. The design, a collaborative effort between computer scientists, artists, poets and producers, addresses issues of. virtual world structureembodiment of performers and audiencenavigation interfacestemporal structure of the eventand mixed reality presentation Experiences include virtual audience members often ignoring the poets and conflicting attitudes towards embodiment New CVE design possibilities are proposed, including object centred interaction, context sensitive interaction and tools to define and manage the spatial and temporal structure of events.enText