This reader is an edited version of the Lab3D symposium held on Saturday 17 May, 2003 as part of Lab3D, a Cornerhouse exhibition 17 May - 22 June 2003. The presentations and discussions were edited by Taylor Nuttal, Director of Folly Gallery, Lancaster.

The reader also includes an edited version of the dynamic -empyre- on-line discussion list, which hosted the topic Web3D Art in June 2003, and was edited by Melinda Rackham, network artist and writer based in Australia.