ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter, we considered the emerging geographies of the information society, charting how cyberspace is transforming the spatialities of modernism. In this chapter, we turn our attention to virtual geographies. In the first half, we examine the spatialities of cyberspace. As already noted, for commentators like Rheingold (1993), cyberspace is providing spaces where new authentic places are being created, supporting new forms of community. In the second half of the chapter, we consider the (inherent or produced) spatial geometries, structures and forms of cyberspace. The spatial forms and geometries of cyberspace are entirely socially-produced, and as yet largely undetermined. A key endeavour of many designers, computer and information scientists is to determine or create (using a process of spatialisation) these geometries to aid understanding and navigation.
