▁personal ▁relationships . ▁ ▁Investig ators ▁found ▁out ▁that ▁team ▁members ▁who ▁are ▁not ▁confident ▁with ▁their ▁English ▁language ▁skills ▁prefer ▁to ▁use ▁email ▁or ▁instant ▁mess aging ▁over ▁audio ▁and ▁video ▁confer encing , ▁as ▁text - based ▁media ▁provide ▁more ▁time ▁to ▁compreh end ▁and ▁compose ▁a ▁response . ▁ ▁This ▁becomes ▁a ▁problem , ▁since ▁text - based ▁media ▁doesn ' t ▁use ▁neither ▁aud itory ▁nor ▁visual ▁features , ▁which ▁can ▁h inder ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁understanding ▁important ▁information ▁and ▁lead ▁to ▁misunder stand ings . ▁ ▁Zo om , ▁Go To Me eting ▁and ▁High five ▁are ▁examples ▁of ▁these ▁type ▁of ▁tools . ▁ ▁Virtual ▁Off ices ▁ ▁Virtual ▁Off ices ▁re create ▁the ▁personal ▁proxim ity ▁and ▁functionality ▁of ▁a ▁physical ▁office ▁needed ▁by ▁teams ▁in ▁a ▁global ▁distributed ▁software ▁engineering ▁environment . ▁Instead ▁of ▁having ▁" ch annels " ▁or ▁" messages ▁threads ", ▁virtual ▁offices ▁have ▁rooms ▁on ▁a ▁virtual ▁office ▁space . ▁ ▁Professor ▁Thomas ▁J . ▁Allen ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁discovered ▁that ▁the ▁increase ▁of ▁distance ▁between ▁engine ers ▁reduces ▁expon entially ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁communication ▁between ▁them . ▁Virtual ▁offices ▁are ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁virt ually ▁reduce ▁that ▁distance , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁communication ▁among ▁them . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁other ▁studies ▁ ▁show ▁that ▁virtual ▁offices ▁make ▁work ▁coord ination ▁easier ▁and ▁improve ▁the ▁performance ▁in ▁a ▁team . ▁ ▁Some ▁tools ▁that ▁belong ▁to ▁this ▁subset ▁are ▁Soc oco , ▁