m physical necessities, including drafting papers, pens, physical models and other costly and cumbersome tools in comparison. As such, the boundaries between physical space and cyberspace are shrinking rapidly. As one architect maintains, virtual reality designs offer greater advantages to enhance the value of design for clients. As San Luis Obispo architect Darric McCormack suggests, ôI would love to say, æWould you like to walk through your buildingÆö (Quoted in ôBop,ö 74).
Virtual space is used routinely today as a source of space for exhibition and communication, from satellite weather Web sites and free photo sharing sites to the transmission of a staggering number of emails, research articles and images every day. No longer do artists have to mount shows and go through cumbersome work to display their art in physical or brick-and-mortar venues. Artists now engage in a freer display on the Internet and Web sites. However, as Whyte (1) suggests, ôVirtual reality is most widely used at the later stages of design, but there is n
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