A Psychological Cultural approach to VR experiences.
Carlos Ruggeroni · Psychnology · 2004
In this paper it is argued that virtual reality represents a locus where general psychological processes can be investigated thanks to the fact that it epitomizes a characteristic that is proper to every human endeavor, namely the construction of reality. This presupposition is taken from Cultural Psychology and it insistence on cultural artifacts as key elements in human development. A brief presentation of major concepts used in the field, like different categories of presence are presented in order to enhance the idea propose. En este articulo se propone a la realidad Virtual como un escenario posible para investigar los procesos psiquicos generales que intervienen en la construccion de la realidad, definida esta ultima como una cualidad psiquica general humana. Para dicha articulacion se recurre a la Psicologia Cultural y especificamente al concepto de “artefacto cultural”.Diferentes conceptualizaciones del termino presencia son presentados aqui en la intencion de sostener la idea propuesta