scholarly journals The Virtual as the Digital

Disputatio ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (55) ◽  
pp. 453-486
Author(s):  
David J. Chalmers
Keyword(s):  
Data Structures ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
The Real ◽  
Digital Objects

AbstractI reply to seven commentaries on “The Virtual and the Real”. In response to Claus Beisbart, Jesper Juul, Peter Ludlow, and Neil McDonnell and Nathan Wildman, I clarify and develop my view that virtual are digital objects, with special attention to the nature of digital objects and data structures. In response to Alyssa Ney and Eric Schwitzgebel, I clarify and defend my spatial functionalism, with special attention to the connections between space and consciousness. In response to Marc Silcox, I clarify and develop my view of the value of virtual worlds, with special attention to the case where we experience these worlds as virtual.

scholarly journals The Virtual and the Real

Disputatio ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (46) ◽  
pp. 309-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Chalmers
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
The Real ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Fictional Objects ◽  
Digital Objects

Abstract I argue that virtual reality is a sort of genuine reality. In particular, I argue for virtual digitalism, on which virtual objects are real digital objects, and against virtual fictionalism, on which virtual objects are fictional objects. I also argue that perception in virtual reality need not be illusory, and that life in virtual worlds can have roughly the same sort of value as life in non-virtual worlds.

scholarly journals The First Original Copy and the Role of Blockchain in the Reproduction of Cultural Heritage

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-162
Author(s):  
Eugene Ch'ng
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Real World ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
The Real ◽  
Cultural Objects ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Candidate Solution ◽  
Digital Objects

The First Original Copy refers to any first true 3D facsimile of a digitally reproduced physical object. The notion of a copy being the first and original implies that it is unique and therefore the approach used for managing rights and ownership influences its value. Whilst virtual goods traded within virtual worlds are subject to rules and policies, the production of digital objects in the real world does not have a mechanism from which rarity and uniqueness can be guaranteed. Digital copies are subject to further copying and thus, the value of even an exact copy can never be perceived to be equivalent to its original. Through what means can we imbue 3D reproductions of cultural objects with value that is at least asymptotic to their originals? There may be a candidate solution. Discussed in this article is a possible approach for resolving a long-term issue related to authenticity, ownership, perpetuity, and the quantitative tracking of value associated with 3D copies. Blockchains essentially bring the systemic management of virtual objects within virtual worlds into the real world. This forum article examines the candidate solution by answering the questions above, and discusses the issues associated with the concept of the First Original Copy.

The Social Furniture of Virtual Worlds

Disputatio ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (55) ◽  
pp. 345-369
Author(s):  
Peter Ludlow
Keyword(s):  
Large Class ◽  
Data Structures ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Causal Powers ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
David Chalmers ◽  
The Social

AbstractDavid Chalmers argues that virtual objects exist in the form of data structures that have causal powers. I argue that there is a large class of virtual objects that are social objects and that do not depend upon data structures for their existence. I also argue that data structures are themselves fundamentally social objects. Thus, virtual objects are fundamentally social objects.

scholarly journals Sustainability and learning: Aesthetic and creative responses in a digital culture

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Sclater
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Real World ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
The Real ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Architectural Exploration ◽  
Conceptual Resources

The research presented in this article strives to answer the question: how do we educate for sustainability? I have provided evidence that arts-based educational research methods and major cultural resources provide very rich learning experiences that extend across disciplinary boundaries and can be crafted into pedagogical practices that help orientate learners of all levels to issues of sustainability. The article addresses the challenge of developing pedagogies for socio-ecological sustainability across disciplines in higher education. I present three kinds of conceptual resources in support of this project: theoretical influences that provide a range of lenses through which I can focus on my research concerns and pedagogical developments; methodological innovations – the use of the Dérive combined with a narrative record; and real-world aesthetic resources derived from gallery visits, an architectural exploration and interactive, scientific visits to major botanical gardens in Europe. I also briefly outline the importance of research resources derived from my own interdisciplinary work in virtual worlds - technology enhanced learning (TEL). These resources have led to a fusion of ideas from my own empirical research and personal experiences and observations in the real world. The most significant outcome of my Dérive experiences is a reminder of the power of aesthetic and emotional responses in learning activities. The blending of digital and analogue conceptual resources has synergised my thinking about pedagogies of sustainability, and increased my understanding of the importance of engagement with the real world, the role of emotion in learning and the power of experiential learning. I argue that personal and collective responses to artwork can act synergistically, and that community learning and individual learning are linked in informal settings, as evidenced by the Dérives presented in this article.

Challenges of Introducting Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Educational Curriculum

2013 ◽  
pp. 425-450
Author(s):  
C. Ribeiro ◽  
J. Pereira ◽  
C. Calado ◽  
C. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Real Potential ◽  
The Real ◽  
Educational Curriculum ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Learning Efficacy ◽  
The Impact

Although the impact that Virtual Worlds and Serious Games can have on learning efficacy and efficiency has been recognized, there is still many open questions related to this issue. Specifically there aren’t guidelines or standards to help practitioners introduce this kind of technologies in a learning environment. In this chapter, the authors describe two experiments involving virtual worlds and serious games in a learning environment. These experiments allowed the authors to understand the real potential of this kind of technology, but also some of the difficulties one can come across. The authors hope that the experiments described in this chapter can serve as a basis for similar experiments done by other practitioners. Finally, some of the pitfalls that should be avoided are described as a set of lessons learnt at the end of the chapter.

The Trajectivity of Virtual Worlds

2018 ◽  
pp. 4296-4305
Author(s):  
Christophe Duret
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Way

This chapter will propose an ontology of virtual environments that calls into question the dichotomy between the real and the virtual. This will draw on the concepts of trajectivity and ‘médiance' in order to describe the way virtual environments, with their technological and symbolic features, take part in the construction of human environments. This theoretical proposition will be illustrated with the analysis of Arcadia, a virtual environment built in Second Life. Finally, a mesocriticism will be proposed as a new approach for the study of virtual environments.

The Third Culture

2017 ◽  
pp. 318-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiao-Cheng (Sandrine) Han
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Real World ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Third Culture ◽  
The Real ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
Culture Education

The purpose of this research is to improve the understanding of how users of online virtual worlds learn and/or relearn ‘culture' through the use of visual components. The goal of this research is to understand if culturally and historically authentic imagery is necessary for users to understand the virtual world; how virtual world residents form and reform their virtual culture; and whether the visual culture in the virtual world is imported from the real world, colonized by any dominate culture, or assimilated into a new culture. The main research question is: Is the authenticity of cultural imagery important to virtual world residents? This research investigates whether visual culture awareness can help students develop a better understanding of visual culture in the real world, and whether this awareness can help educators construct better curricula and pedagogy for visual culture education.

Humanness, Elevated Through its Disappearance

2011 ◽  
pp. 102-120
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
The Real ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Technological Developments

Developments in electronic communications are drastically changing what it means to be human and to interact with humans. The value of recent technological developments to artists is more than doing more, faster and better; it is also the ability to highlight and elevate humanness in new ways through art, even by appearing to replace the real with the virtual. New tools don’t simply replace humans, they allow human creators to shift into new realms of creation: creating dynamic systems and worlds instead of static products. This chapter will give consideration to the different types of presence manifest in various communications formats, stage presence in technology-mediated performance, and several artworks that bring new light to the artist’s approach to virtual worlds as a kind of counterpoint with reality.

Red Packets in the Real and Virtual Worlds

2017 ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Ji
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
The Real

scholarly journals Real Virtual Worlds SOS (State of Standards) Q3-2008

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yesha Sivan
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Real World ◽  
The Real

This is a brief essay, we call "think-pieces", designed to stimulate a discussion on a particular topic. For this series of essays we propose the following question: "Consumer behavior in virtual worlds, is it really any different to the real world, or is it simply a case of 'old wine in a new bottle'?"

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