Open AccessIconic Images of Virtual Reality in Popular Culture
Author(s) -
Anton H. Samukhin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2015-0-6-8-13
Subject(s) - virtual reality , artificial reality , ideology , context (archaeology) , field (mathematics) , computer mediated reality , optimism , augmented reality , mixed reality , popular culture , pessimism , aesthetics , sociology , computer science , art , epistemology , human–computer interaction , media studies , history , political science , philosophy , politics , law , mathematics , archaeology , pure mathematics
The article analyzes the history of virtual reality images’ emergence and development in popular culture. The images of the virtual reality are considered in the context of the influence exerted upon them by philosophy of technology as well as by the conceptions of technological optimism and technological pessimism. Ideological roots of the virtual reality images can be traced in the field of utopian literature and futurology. Popular books and movies about virtual reality have served as the main source material for this analysis.