Disappearing boundaries? Reality, virtuality and the possibility of “pure” mixed reality (MR)
This article argues that reality and virtuality are still very much phenomenologically distinguishable, although this might not be the case forever. I argue for two main types of virtuality - one inherently involved in the dynamic horizons of perceptual experiences, while the other is all of our exp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rhodes University
2020
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The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 1 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Phenomenology
/ Virtual reality
/ Reality
/ Mixed reality
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Phenomenology
B Reality B mixed reality (MR) B Imagination B Virtuality B Perception B Holograms B image-consciousness |
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| Summary: | This article argues that reality and virtuality are still very much phenomenologically distinguishable, although this might not be the case forever. I argue for two main types of virtuality - one inherently involved in the dynamic horizons of perceptual experiences, while the other is all of our experiences of digital images - in order to show that a particular possible instantiation of the latter type, namely “pure” mixed reality (MR), might come to blur and collapse various experiential categories in the future, not least real and irreal, like never before. To show this, there are three main sections. First, I outline my understanding of the two basic types of virtuality, as understood from a classical phenomenological analysis. Second, I give an account of the most important family of “virtual technologies” relevant to the question at hand, namely virtual, augmented and mixed reality (VR, AR and MR respectively) technologies. After homing in on MR, I explain what “pure” MR is and how, through tactile holograms, this might change even basic experiential distinctions going forward, and not necessarily for the better. |
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| ISSN: | 1445-7377 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20797222.2021.1887570 |