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Our goal in this paper is to provide a hermeneutical reflection on the possibility of regarding active video games as actual sports (eSports). We will start our analysis with an epistemological analysis on virtual reality. To do so, we will draw the boundaries between virtual and real, providing a concept, or operational definition, of virtual reality. Then, we will build upon this definition to understand what is real within the virtual, as well as the semantic field that virtual reality, using Heideggerian terms, “discloses.” This disclosure will be understood as the culmination of philosophy in Western history, where the current dominance of art and the consummation of metaphysics overlap, resulting in what Heidegger calls “the oblivion of Being.” To analyze it, we will draw on Aristotle’s pair of concepts “dýnamis” and “energeia.” The latter refers to “being” or “presence,” and  the former to “essence.” In line with this, we will draw on Pierre Levy’s conceptualization of the virtual to describe the process that has led humans to transform their naturally inherited playful instinct into play, and play into sport. To conclude, we will argue that eSports are the ultimate goal of a utopian humanization process developed through play. Key words: eSports, virtual, real, hermeneutics. === Resumen Nuestro objetivo en este articulo es ofrecer una reflexion hermeneutica sobre la posibilidad de considerar a los videojuegos (eSports) como deportes autenticos. Comenzaremos nuestro analisis con un analisis epistemologico de la realidad virtual. Para ello, trazaremos los limites entre lo virtual y lo real, proporcionando un concepto, o definicion operativa, de la realidad virtual. Seguidamente, avanzaremos sobre esta definicion para comprender que es real dentro de lo virtual, asi como el campo semantico que la realidad virtual –usando terminos hedeggerianos–, “revela”. Esta revelacion sera entendida como la culminacion de la filosofia en la Historia Occidental, donde el actual dominio del arte y la consumacion de la metafisica se superponen, dando como resultado lo que Heidegger llamo “el olvido del Ser”. Para este analisis, recurrimeros al binomio de conceptos artistotelicos de “dynamis” y “energia”. Este ultimo se refiere al “ser” o “presencia”, y el primero a la “esencia”. En relacion a esto, recurriremos a la conceptualizacion de Pierre Levy acerca de lo virtual para describir el proceso que ha guiado a los humanos a transformar su instinto ludico en juego, y el juego en deporte. Para concluir, argumentaremos que los eSports son el objetivo final del proceso de humanizacion utopico desarrollado a traves del juego. Palabras clave: eSports, virtual, real, hermeneutica.

eSport: Towards a Hermeneutic of Virtual Sport.