Abstract
In order to indicate the transcendence of the semantic paradigm of reference in concepts such as “virtual reality”, but also “real virtuality”, we are directed toward modal-logical differentiating the notions of model, simulation, fiction, virtuality, and reality. Namely, the understandings of model, simulation, and fiction operate within the semantic paradigm according to which various forms of referential relationships are established between the model or simulation on one side, and reality on the other. In contrast, virtuality transcends this referential relationship by creating an alternative version of reality—thus not simulated real objects, but authentic virtual objects, i.e., objects for which the question of a real referent is of secondary importance. A similar configuration can be observed in the case of fiction, where the fictional space is consistently separated from real space, and the observer remains outside the fictional representational space. Virtuality differs from fictionality in that the observer becomes active, interacting with the fictional world through action in the unreal display space, without abolishing its autonomy in relation to real space. This concept of virtuality coincides with “virtual reality” and primarily refers to technically induced virtual worlds. “Real virtuality” refers to a type of virtuality which, with the help of appropriate technical systems in the real world, establishes interactions of a virtual nature. At the same time, an informatized, intelligent environment of action schematizes our behavior in accordance with user profiles it constructs and refines, establishing the most efficient and immediate realization of what it identifies as user desires.
Presenters
Ana LipijResearch Associate, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Serbia Zeljko Radinkovic
Senior Research Fellow, Philosophy, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Virtual Reality, Real Virtuality, Fiction, Simulation, Modal-Logic
