It is a cultural machine, an extension of our being. As such, cyberspace can become as rich a means of expression as any other art form, as rich a subject of research as any science. This space is a mediated extension of traditional arts, technologies and professions. As a spatial art form it is in the same category as theater, performance arts, fine arts, sculpture and architecture. As yet, cyberspace has no innate principles.
Current work extends various existing disciplines.
Graphic artists do home pages, copy writers produce text. Workers in conventional media and business also affect the content and form of cyberspace. The military uses cyberspace for surveillance, briefing its staff, as well as training its pilots. Games manufacturers have placed their bets on networked computing, letting remote players fight it out on the Web. Traditional disciplines and arts will continue to form cyberspace, bringing their values to bear.