从虚拟现实到扩展现实:哲学基础与伦理挑战

From Virtual Reality to Expanded Reality: The Philosophical Basis and Ethical Challenges

2016年"虚拟现实元年"说使得虚拟现实技术成为公众关注的焦点,也标志着虚拟现实技术已经进入其成熟发展期。在澄清与虚拟现实相关的一系列概念之后,翟振明的扩展现实构想将被着重评述。与纯粹虚拟现实不同,扩展现实的哲学基础将需要解决"在世存在"和自由意志的本体论难题,而作为扩展现实的道德形而上基础,人格同一性概念也需要重新厘定以化解其伦理挑战;扩展现实可以为一种新的理想国奠定基础,"至善"将作为其政治哲学的原初状态。

The statement that 2016 is ＂the 1st year of virtual reality＂ gets the VR technologies to be a focus of public attention and indicates that they have been entering into a mature developmental period. After clarifying a series of concepts related to VR, this article pays high attention to commenting Zhenming Zhai＇s ＂Expanded Reality＂ （ER）. Different from pure VR, the ontological problems of ＂being-in-the-world＂ and free-will must be solved so as to determine the philosophical basis of ER. And the concept of Personal Identity is also redefined as the moral metaphysics of ER in order to overcome the ethical challenges. ER can lay the foundation for building a new Republic, perfection should be the original status in its political philosophy.