TY - JOUR
TI - Toxic Empathy or Virtual Conversation that Encourages Opening Up to the Other? On
the Different Ways in Which an Encounter Can Be Designed in Virtual Reality Non-fiction Experiences
AU - Górska-Olesińska, Monika
TI - Toxic Empathy or Virtual Conversation that Encourages Opening Up to the Other? On
the Different Ways in Which an Encounter Can Be Designed in Virtual Reality Non-fiction Experiences
AB - This article explores the topic of virtual reality non-fiction experiences where creators position the viewer as a participant in an encounter. The first part presents a selection of voices in the critical discussion around humanitarian VR, a genre in which viewers are often positioned in this way. The concepts of toxic empathy by Lisa Nakamura, improper distance by Kate Nash, and synthetic vision by Jihoon Kim are discussed. The recapitulation of texts providing critical accounts of humanitarian VR sets the context for the presentation of The Choice VR experience, to which the second part of the article is devoted.
VL - 2024
IS - Issue 4 (62)
PY - 2024
SN - 1895-975X
C1 - 2084-3860
SP - 605
EP - 621
DO - 10.4467/20843860PK.24.038.21233
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/toksyczna-empatia-czy-wirtualna-rozmowa-ktora-sprzyja-otwarciu-sie-na-innego-o-roznych-sposobach-projektowania-spotkania-w-niefikcjonalnych-doswiadczeniach-rzeczywistosci-wirtualnej
KW - Virtual Reality Nonfiction
KW - humanitarian VR
KW - The Choice VR
KW - Clouds Over Sidra
KW - empathy
KW - synthetic vision