International Journal of Contents

The Korea Contents Association (한국콘텐츠학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Virtual Gaming Environments as our Future Adobe

  • Lee, Kang-Hyuk (Department of Game Engineering Tongmyong University)
  • Received : 2011.09.30
  • Accepted : 2011.12.13
  • Published : 2011.12.28
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Currently, the argument that humanity will eventually reside in some sort of a simulated environment with unlimited resources is actively being discussed in the realm of science and engineering. This paper addresses the issue from the perspective of computer engineering, more specifically in terms of the future gaming environment which is very likely to be brought to us in the form of virtual reality probably in the not-so-distant future. In so doing, Bostrom's simulation argument[1]and Kurzweil's singularity[5] are reviewed, and how our future adobe indistinguishable from our 'real' reality that may be attained by explosive technological advancement relates to the future gaming environment. The problem of human consciousness which is inevitably intertwined with the issue of living in a virtual reality environment is also addressed.

Keywords

References

  1. Bostrom, Nick, "Are we living in a computer simulation?" Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 211, 2003, pp. 211, 243-255.
  2. Bostrom, Nick, "The Simulation Argument: Reply to Weatherson", Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 218, 2005, pp. 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0031-8094.2005.00387.x
  3. Bostrom, Nick, "The Simulation Argument: Some Explanations," Analysis, in press.
  4. Brueckner, A., "The Simulation Argument Again," Analysis, vol. 68, no. 3, 2008, pp. 224-226. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/68.3.224
  5. Kurzweil, Ray, The Singularity Is Near, Penguin Books, New York, 2005.
  6. Lee, K. H., "As the story continues: The future of game storytelling," Journal of Korean Society of Computer Game, no. 23, 2010, pp. 277-282.
  7. Llinas, Rodolfo R., I of the Vortex, MIT Press, Massachusetts, 2002.
  8. Moravec, Hans, Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1988.
  9. Moravec, Hans, Robot: Mere Machines to Transcendent Mind, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999.
  10. Murray, Janet H., Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace, The Free Press, New York, 1997.
  11. Tipler, Frank J., The Physics of Immortality, Anchor Books, New York, 1995.
  12. Tipler Frank J., The Physics of Christianity, Doubleday, New York, 2007.
  13. Weatherson, Brian, "Are You a Sim?" Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 53, 2003, pp. 425-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9213.00323