"Terminal Identity"

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This paper examines how in the book "Terminal Identity", Scott Bukatman argues that the new reality made possible by new technologies ignores the bodily experience. It looks at how he contends that in virtual reality, what exists is simply a simulation of reality; it does not represent reality in a manner consistent with physical human experience.

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"Virtual reality offers the opportunity for the difficult and more complex situations encountered by scientists, astronauts, and others who experience new bodily experiences to be understood as they can be placed in the new environment, not their actual physical bodies but instead their "cybersubject" in this new form of reality. The learning process can take place not simply through reading about an experience; one can actually locate himself in the situation before encountering a possibly dangerous situation unprepared. In addition, virtual reality can teach from the familiar experiences the body encounters on a daily basis."

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