This paper discusses the relationship between virtual reality (VR) and phenomenology based on Ihde’s theory. It reviews the technological revolution spurred by VR and how it’s used to study subjective experiences, perception, and embodiment. VR’s role as an instrumental technology, particularly its ability to expand human perception and cognition, is emphasized. The paper also discusses VR’s potential to provide new avenues for scientific inquiry and experience, and to transform our understanding of the world. It further explores how VR, as a scientifically revolutionary instrument, can provoke a paradigm shift in various fields, and discusses its implications for human-computer interaction.
Publication date: 23 Jan 2024
Project Page: arXiv:2401.12521v1
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.12521
