This dissertation aims to investigate a possible approximation between virtual space and potential space based on the use of virtual environments made by some of its users. For this initial purpose, were explored the Winnicottian concepts of potential space and play, the notions of virtual space and cyberspace, reports of user experiences extracted from qualitative researches, a campaign promoted by a non-governmental organization, a clinical case, as well as a post selected from Twitter. For some people, virtual space seems to function as a neutral zone of relaxation, in a way analogous to the potential space as proposed by Winnicott. Some aspects of virtual space have been compared to characteristics of potential space, such as their existence as an intermediate area to which both fantasy and the external world contribute. The determining factor for the virtual space to resemble the potential space was that its users did not make demands on the concrete reality of that environment.