Methods, devices, and systems for digital space management in virtual reality and augmented reality are described. A method can include a terminal that logs in to a preset application based on a first user identifier, presents a first interface, where the first interface includes a virtual space registration option. In response to an enabling operation of a user for the virtual space registration option, the terminal photographs a first scene to obtain a preview stream, obtains a target geometry, and sends the first user identifier, the preview stream, and the target geometry to a server. The preview stream and the target geometry are used to determine a target virtual space in which a user with the first user identifier has virtual content editing permission in a first virtual space. The first virtual space is a virtual space corresponding to a real world including the first scene. The target geometry is used to represent a form of the target virtual space.