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Virtual reality documentaries and the illusion of presence
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dc.contributor.author | Studt, Eric | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-17T15:30:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-17T15:30:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier | 273979915 | |
dc.identifier | f8933cbe-b378-427e-909f-a40aa89bf579 | |
dc.identifier | 85106273561 | |
dc.identifier | 000649614300001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Studt , E 2021 , ' Virtual reality documentaries and the illusion of presence ' , Studies in Documentary Film , vol. 15 , no. 2 , pp. 175-185 . https://doi.org/10.1080/17503280.2021.1923147 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1750-3280 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/23209 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.format.extent | 12 | |
dc.format.extent | 1150364 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Studies in Documentary Film | en |
dc.subject | Virtual reality | en |
dc.subject | Nonfiction | en |
dc.subject | Fiction | en |
dc.subject | Documentary | en |
dc.subject | Presence | en |
dc.subject | Illusion | en |
dc.subject | PN1990 Broadcasting | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | NIS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | PN1990 | en |
dc.title | Virtual reality documentaries and the illusion of presence | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Philosophy | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/17503280.2021.1923147 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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