1. A system for communication, comprising: a set of one or more rich media environments having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components; interest thread detector that uses the sensing and rendering components to detect multiple communication interactions among a set of individuals and that maintains an interest thread for each communication interaction; communication provider that for each interest thread captures a set of media data from the sensing components and that combines the captured media data in response to the activities of the individuals and that communicates the combined media data to the rendering components.