In search of architecture in virtual space: an introduction to The Virtual Space Theory

Now we have full context. When we zoom out, we see that the real world and a virtual world are characterized by the same core trait: free movement of bodies and objects in space. A virtual world can also mirror qualities of the real world in ways beyond that. It can have an environment full of mountains and trees, or physics that behave similarly t... See more

The core of the problem is a simple disconnect: insofar as software presents impediments to a user seeing like a designer, software compels a designer to reason like a user. Put another way: because computers cannot see the way we see, they cannot help us to reason the way we wish to reason

As the realm of virtual information complexifies, it is increasingly difficult to collectively experience, let alone agree on concrete descriptions of events. The platforms we use to communicate often lack archival affordances, optimizing instead for the nonstop production of new content. So context collapses and signifiers empty their meaning. Whe... See more

Worlds are persistent places where the imaginal meets the real. The Virtual is the world’s edge, its surface.