Reality

with a harsh reality that we cannot bare to live with, some people will try to diverge and create their own illusion or fantasy world to escape. However, when reality attempts to overcome the illusion or fantasy world, we enter a state of perpetual panic and retreat further into the delusional world. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, the subject of how the role of self-perception plays when individual try to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality is…

Virtual Reality Put on these goggles, go nowhere, and be transported anywhere – Virtual Reality. Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment. It is all about sensory experience, which includes virtual taste, sight, sound, smell, and touch. The origin of the term "virtual reality" can be traced back to the French playwright, poet, actor, and director Antonin…

OCULUS RIFT Oculus Rift is a virtual reality (VR) system that is invented by Palmer Luckey. The word ‘virtual’ was used in the computer sense of "not physically existing but made to appear by software" since 1959. The term "reality" has been used in English since the 1540s, to mean "quality of being real. [1] Where did the innovation come from? In a world of big players like Sega and Nintendo introducing their versions of HMDs (Head Mounted Device) and immersive technologies like VR glasses…

What is virtual reality (VR)? Virtual reality is the simulation of a three-dimensional environment with the use of technology that can be interacted with by a person using a medium, such as a headset with a screen inside. As we understand and feel the world through our senses, which mainly includes sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, VR equipment provides us with sensory information, most commonly sight and hearing through monitors and headsets to create a reality in which people can be…

The intricate design of traditional experiments and virtual reality simulations can similarly affect participant’s interactions. According to Dr. Brown (personal communication, September, 15, 2016), an associate professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, “you can learn people’s reactions to a scenario with a vignette, but its hard to know what they would actually do in those situations. Virtual reality simulations are more real, more aversive, which offers the chance that their…

George Berkeley argues that an objective reality does not exist. He argues for idealism, the belief that the external world does not exist and only the mind and ideas do, by arguing against materialism, that an objective reality does exist. Berkeley believes that an objective reality does not exist because of issues that come with materialism. However, his points do not make much sense as he relies on faulty ideas. He presents his argument by mentioning how materialism is unverifiable; that we…

Truth and Reality A true war story is not about war; it is about love, peace, violence, life, death, joy, and despair. Sometimes, it’s happenings are not even true. What makes a war story true, however, is its ability to show the realities of war, whether through true experiences or fictitious ones. Truth is the root of all of these things, as it is the source of all views and perceptions on life and its happenings. Truth is objective; there is a real, unchangeable truth to every subject or…

titled “IMPACT OF REALITY SHOW ON ITS VIEWERS WITH SPECIFIC REFERANCE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE” particularly concentrates on the impact of reality shows on children with the manifestation of many new television channels, there has been an increase in the competition amongst the channels. Reality TV shows are very famous among the people of the country. People of all ages watch the reality shows which are telecasted in different channels in different languages. The reality shows…

of broadcast television. In an environment in which reality could occur, the production of Real World in 1992, proved to be a landmark series with secret cameras and setups. A combination of techniques was more crafted and…

Manipulating Reality Reality TV lacks on one important factor that reality TV should incorporate, and that is reality. Many television programs full of high entertainment and creativity are full of lies and as well. Most television producers and directors edit conversations and persuade the stars to make certain decisions. Although there is no written script for the show, that doesn’t stop TV workers from altering reality. LifeTime’s popular reality TV program about the life of a…