
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/">
  <dc:date>2023</dc:date>
  <dc:title xml:lang="eng">METAPHYSICS OF THE VIRTUAL: FROM PLATO’S CAVE TO MODERN VR—QUESTIONING REALITY’S ESSENCE</dc:title>
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  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:subject xml:lang="eng">Virtual Reality, Plato’s Cave, Metaphysics, Reality, Simulation, Digital Representation.</dc:subject>
  <dc:rights>All rights reserved</dc:rights>
  <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
  <dc:description xml:lang="eng">Virtual Reality (VR) technology and its metaphysical implications pose critical questions concerning the nature of reality, a conundrum that has enthralled thinkers since Plato’s epoch. Plato’s allegory of the cave emphasized the world of forms over the shadowy illusions, emphasizing a layered reality. Contemporary VR challenges this stratification, bringing forth constructed realities that overlap, enhance, or even replace tangible experiences. Drawing upon a plethora of scholarly articles, this essay examines VR’s metaphysical dimensions, juxtaposing ancient philosophical delineations of reality against the transformative implications of VR technologies.</dc:description>
  <dc:creator id="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6798-6981">Baltezarević, Borivoje</dc:creator>
  <dc:source>Megatrend revija </dc:source>
  <dc:source>volume: 20</dc:source>
  <dc:source>number: 3</dc:source>
  <dc:source>startpage: 165</dc:source>
  <dc:source>endpage: 172</dc:source>
  <dc:identifier>https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:8041</dc:identifier>
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