ABSTRACT

I argue that virtual reality (VR) documentaries mandate that users employ a fictional attitude toward their presence in a virtual environment (VE) for the purpose of engaging with nonfictional content. The most salient feature of VR is that VR users typically feel as though their bodies were present in a VE. This paper explores presence in VR as a perceptual illusion facilitated by certain technological features. Drawing on Kendall Walton’s concept of fiction, I argue that the illusion of presence in VR also requires a fictional attitude that VR users employ when imagining themselves in a VE. In the case of VR documentaries, while users’ attitude in regards to the feeling of presence is best characterized as make-belief, they nevertheless employ an attitude of belief in regards to the content of the documentary and accept this content as nonfictional.

摘要

我认为虚拟现实（VR）纪录片要求用户对他们在虚拟环境（VE）中的存在采取虚构的态度，以便与非虚构的内容进行互动。VR的最显着特征是，VR用户通常会感觉自己的身体好像在VE中。本文探讨了VR的存在，将其作为一种感知错觉，由某些技术功能促进。借鉴肯德尔·沃尔顿（Kendall Walton）的小说概念，我认为VR中存在的幻觉还需要VR用户在VE中想象自己时所采用的虚构态度。对于VR纪录片，虽然用户对在场感的态度最能体现为虚构信念，