몰입형 VR 기술의 촉각성에 관한 탐구: 매클루언의 미디어-감각 이론을 바탕으로
Immersive VR Devices and the Reconfiguration of Tactility: Revisiting McLuhan's Media-Sense Theory
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이 글은 최근 접근성과 경제성을 높이며 대중에게 다가가고 있는 소비자용 무선 VR기기를 주목하면서 이것이 허용하는 커뮤니케이션 조건, 특히 우리의 지각을 구성하는 방식을 탐구하고자 한다. 개인 신체에 착용된 기기를 통해 가상세계에의 몰입을 경험할 수 있게 해주는 VR 기술은 기본적으로 우리의 주변 세계를 보고 듣고 느끼는 방식을 모사하며 우리가 지각하는 현실을 생생하게 3차원적으로 표현하려는 인류의 욕구를 이어간다. 대부분의 미디어 기술 담론이 도구주의적 시각에서 기업 혹은 기술 기획자들이 상상하고 약속하는 기기의 혁신적 기능을 주목하고 그것의 활용 방식이나 효과를 알아보려 했다면, 이 글은 이러한 기기를 부상하고 있는 미디어 환경의 일원으로 바라보면서 가상 경험의 조건, 특히 세계를 지각하는 방식이 어떻게 (재)구성하는지를 탐구한다. VR기기의 지각 조건을 살펴보기 위해 이 글은 미디어와 감각의 관계를 다룬 대표적 미디어 생태학자인 매클루언의 이론을 재고한다. TV 시대에 멈춰있는 그의 미디어 이론을 확장해 현재의 몰입형 VR 기술을 이해하고 논의하는 이론적 렌즈로 삼으면서, 몰입형 VR 기술의 감각 조건, 특히 인간의 실존적 배경으로서 지각과 지성의 기반을 이루었던 신체적 촉각의 본질이 재구성되는 방식과 이러한 촉각성의 함의를 논의한다.
Abstract
This paper focuses on the increasing accessibility of consumer wireless VR devices, investigating the communication conditions they facilitate, with a particular emphasis on how they shape our perceptions. By enabling immersion in virtual worlds through body-worn devices, VR technology mirrors our intrinsic ways of seeing, hearing, and feeling, perpetuating humanity's quest for lifelike, three-dimensional representations of reality. While prevailing discourse in media technology often adopts an instrumentalist viewpoint, highlighting the transformative potential of these devices as envisioned by tech companies and developers, this article positions them within a dynamic media environment, probing how they (re)shape virtual experience conditions, especially in terms of perception. To explore the perceptual conditions enabled by VR devices, this paper revisits and builds upon the theories of Marshall McLuhan, a renowned media ecologist. Extending his perspective, which primarily addressed media up to the television era, this study scrutinizes how modern immersive VR technologies redefine the nature of bodily tactility, traditionally the cornerstone of perception and intellect, and contemplates the implications of this altered tactility as an existential background for human experience.
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