Religion and Immersive Reality
The essay retraces the fundamental stages that have led religious experience to develop within virtual and immersive realities. Starting with a preliminary critical reflection on the concept of "virtuality", some case studies are reviewed in which immersive technologies (VR, AR, MR) have p...
| Subtitles: | Religione e realtà immersive |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Annali di studi religiosi
Year: 2023, Volume: 24, Pages: 183-202 |
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| Summary: | The essay retraces the fundamental stages that have led religious experience to develop within virtual and immersive realities. Starting with a preliminary critical reflection on the concept of "virtuality", some case studies are reviewed in which immersive technologies (VR, AR, MR) have played a central role in realizing this type of experience. The origins of the phenomenon in the video game culture of the 2000s are nonetheless considered. The first section will account for the remediation of traditional religions in immersive realities. Particular relevance is attributed to Neopagan rituals, such as cyber-pilgrimages, fandom religions, and new institutions that become custodians of these new spaces of worship. Subsequently, a section dedicated to the case of Technopaganism will allow addressing virtual religious experiences that do not refer just to traditional faiths and embody an animistic interpretation of technology and networks. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-3892 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14598/Annali_studi_relig_24202318 |