VR의 현실효과 그리고 가상과 실재의 관계: SF영화의 미래적 비전을 중심으로

Abstract

Today, VR is entering the realm of cultural and artistic content beyond the technology fair. So far, it is more like experiential content that induces attraction to new technologies rather than inherent specific topics and discourses. If sophisticated development of media technology continues in the future, there is a high possibility that a shift will occur in the direction of placing more value on the quality aspect of content. From this perspective, this paper aims to present a future vision for changes in VR technology and content acceptance modes, and its derivative effects. The vision will be largely composed of two stages, including not only a prediction of the actual development direction of VR technology, but also a genre leap through the imaginary media of sci-fi films. The first vision is the stage in which the technological perfection of VR is taken for granted, and immersion and interactivity are properly harmonized, and the reality effect occurs to the extent that the media device becomes transparent. Users can be immersed in the world, feel their presence, and become active actors who manipulate interaction and communicate. As a derivative effect of these technological conditions, the possibility of virtual economy and virtual labor can be considered. The second vision presupposes a sci-fi leap forward that VR technology will face a fundamental transition beyond its singularity. If VR technology in the form of a simulation that realizes a holistic connection of the mind becomes possible, as represented in sci-fi films, users cannot distinguish the boundary between virtual and reality, and the boundary between the virtual and the real may become blurred. This paper extracts the technical issues for the future vision of VR, and philosophically considers what kind of ontological change the user and the virtual world face at this time.