The reality of virtual reality
The reality of virtual reality
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虚拟现实的现实
DOI：
10.1109/vsmm.2001.969726
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2001
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Myeung
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Myeung
本文通过对虚拟现实这一流行术语的历史和系统分析，试图澄清这一术语。它的主要哲学主张是，虚拟本身就是一种真实的模式，“虚拟现实”必须被理解为“存在于网络空间中的事物、代理人和事件”。这些建议解决了在这些术语的日常使用中发现的不一致性。为了支持我们的主张，我们：1）追溯“虚拟”一词的历史起源; 2）回顾“虚拟现实”的一些主要定义; 3）讨论虚拟现实的感官和因果方面;和4）阐述虚拟性、可能性和现实性之间的本体论差异。特别是，我们的分析表明，“虚拟现实”，虽然基于最近的信息技术，并不指单纯的技术设备或纯粹的精神实体，或一些假的环境，相对于真实的世界，但它是一种本体论的存在方式，导致我们的日常世界的扩展。
This paper proposes to clarify the popular term "virtual reality" through a historical and systematic analysis of the terms involved. Its main philosophical claims are that virtuality is itself a bonafide mode of reality, and that "virtual reality" must be understood as "things, agents and events that exist in cyberspace". These proposals resolve the incoherences found in the ordinary uses of these terms. In support of our claims we: 1) trace the historical origins of the word "virtual"; 2) review some major definitions of "virtual reality"; 3) discuss the sensory and causal aspects of virtual reality; and 4) set out the ontological difference between virtuality, possibility and actuality. In particular, our analysis shows that "virtual reality", though based on recent information technology, does not refer to mere technological equipment or purely mental entities, or to some fake environment as opposed to the real world, but that it is an ontological mode of existence which leads to an expansion of our ordinary world.