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This thesis investigates how immersive VR environments can function as human-like design partners by responding to users with social presence, mutual awareness, and non-verbal feedback throughout the creative process. Building on previous work that employed a sphere-based SIVE, this study introduces a newly developed mist-based SIVE capable of ambient\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;communication through lighting, symbolic weather changes, and spatial cues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwelve participants took part in a structured design workshop followed by Wizard-of-Oz\u2013based evaluation sessions, where they interacted with both SIVE versions across two creative design tasks: an open house activity and a small exhibition space. Thematic analysis, and interaction analysis were used to examine how participants perceived and engaged with each environment. 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