The Science and Philosophy of Virtual Reality

This week we’ll be taking a tour of virtual reality, simulations, and the psychological effects that influence digital communications.

Philosophy Content

For this week, we’re going to explore David Chalmers’s recent philosophical work on virtual reality. He wrote a book called Realty+, and we’d like you to read over the introduction and first chapter that can be found here from Dr. Chalmers’ website (or posted in the class readings).

Fiction Content

This part is easy! All we’d like you to do for a science fiction hook is to watch the first Matrix movie from way back in 1999! It’s available on a wide array of streaming services, though we DO NOT recommend simply googling for websites that are hosting free version of the movie as that would be copyright infringement.