Virtual reality technology is a collection of the technology of virtual reality world in order to give the user to create auditory and visual senses and the creation of the present,has been widely used in design,military,education and other industries,the construction industry is no exception.With virtual reality interactive,immersive,perception and other characteristics,expand the scope of human cognition of the world,completely changed the human to the real life approach and attitude,people realize the dream of changing the world.This paper introduces the design concept of the space environment and the change of the thinking based on the virtual reality technology,and discusses the design of the architectural space environment from the three aspects of time,space and material.