Virtual reality documentaries and the illusion of presence

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ID21788285
AutoresEric Studt (University of St Andrews, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas175-185
Data de publicação2021-05-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Documentary Film (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1750-3280 • E-ISSN: 1750-3299
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17503280.2021.1923147
OpenAlexW3162762373
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas20

I argue that virtual reality (VR) documentaries mandate that users employ a fictional attitude toward their presence in a virtual environment (VE) for the purpose of engaging with nonfictional content. The most salient feature of VR is that VR users typically feel as though their bodies were present in a VE. This paper explores presence in VR as a perceptual illusion facilitated by certain technological features. Drawing on Kendall Walton’s concept of fiction, I argue that the illusion of presence in VR also requires a fictional attitude that VR users employ when imagining themselves in a VE. In the case of VR documentaries, while users’ attitude in regards to the feeling of presence is best characterized as make-belief, they nevertheless employ an attitude of belief in regards to the content of the documentary and accept this content as nonfictional

Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Feeling · Human–computer interaction · Illusion · Mandate · Multimedia · Perception · Political science · Salient · Virtual reality · Computer Science · Law · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts · Visual Culture and Art Theory · Artificial Intelligence

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