A REVIEW ON CURRENT SITUATION OF THE EXISTING VIRTUAL SPACES

• Main Authors: Tan, Lan Ching., Rafee, Y.M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publisher Scientific Academia Network (Scientiaca) 2020
• Subjects: N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR; NA Architecture; NX Arts in general
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32558/1/A%20%20%20REVIEW%20%20%20ON%20%20%20CURRENT%20%20%20SITUATION%20%20%20OF%20%20%20THE%20%20%20EXISTING%20VIRTUAL%20SPACES_pdf.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32558/; https://journal.scientiaca.org/index.php/Jappa/article/view/81/53

This paper is aiming to study the current situation of the existing virtual space in the market in order to find out the demands of virtual spaces in our society based on the comparison between the advantages and disadvantages of virtual spaces. An analytical review on the selected articles will be carried out through snowball review technique to gain better comparison of the pros and cons of the virtual spaces from various perspectives by different authors. Besides, the authors will also observe the needs, demands and rationales of developing virtual spaces according to its functions and contributions in different fields, especially in art education and tourism. The targeted articles are selected based on the mutual discussions regarding the advantages and disadvantages of the existing virtual platforms by Alawad et al. (2015), Burton (2010) and Eardley et al .(2016).