Perkembangan Efek Psiko-Sosial Virtual Reality Ditinjau dalam Filsafat Post-Fenomenologi

Abstract

People have been perplexed by the dilemma of the link between virtual space and the body since the rise of virtual reality technologies. The question of whether human “mind and body" are separated or integrated into virtual space has sparked numerous academic disputes according to psychology and philosophy of mind. Some evidence from psychology research proof that virtual space giving an impact on “real reality”, especially aggression and crimes. This study aims to see the nature of virtual space in normative criminal law studies. People may commit crimes caused by due to symptoms of psychosis. This shows there’s a possible dysfunction in mixed reality between the integration of virtual space and the body.

After evaluating this issue using Don Ihde’s Bodies and Technologies Theory, a technical post-phenomenologist, it is possible to infer that the interaction between technology and people is interdependent, and includes virtual reality. The mind and body are intertwined, and the body serves as the foundation for perception. Even if the virtual realm allows for true interaction and immersion, "de-bodying" is not conceivable, because the virtual space can only extend the perception of being in it. It has its meaning and effects in the real world.

The conclusion is the virtual space will change user perception through the immersion experience & time. At the same time, the actual space became not important anymore and led to the obscure “mixed” reality, where it makes a symptom called psychosis, as part of a mental disorder. This shows that it is necessary to hold preventive law enforcement by divided into two methods, to prevent the first crime, and to reduce repetition rather than the crime.