Don’t be fooled — there’s nothing new about virtual spaces, which are essentially spaces online where any number of users and devices can interact. The notion of “virtual spaces” actually dates back to the origins of the Internet (in 1962) when a series of memos by J.C.R. Licklider at MIT introduced a “Galactic Network” concept, in which a network of computers allows users to gather data and access programs anywhere in the world. Those memos led to over 60 years of groundbreaking virtual space innovation, spanning the world’s first virtual…