Exploring Virtual Reality through Ihde's Instrumental Realism
arXiv Preprint Archive January 23, 2024 He Zhang, John M. Carroll
Based on Ihde's theory, this paper explores the relationship between virtual reality (VR) as an instrument and phenomenology. It reviews the "technological revolution" spurred by the development of VR technology and discusses how VR has been used to study subjective experience, explore perception and embodiment, enhance empathy and perspective, and investigate altered states of consciousness....