The phenomenon of virtual reality in philosophical discourse

Skopa V. A.

The phenomenon of virtual reality is considered in a historical retrospective through the prism of philosophical views: the era of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the New Age, the current state of the problem. This definition occupies a special place in modern philosophical and humanitarian discourse, in particular, in religious studies. Significant developments have expanded the etymological limits of "virtual reality" and turned this category into one of the central ones in modern philosophy. Based on the studies studied, it is possible to determine that virtual reality is a multidimensional, invariant, variable environment created with the help of computer technology, which has its own characteristics that can reorganize the existential world of a person. The objectified expression of a religious phenomenon in society is also experiencing a significant transformation under the influence of virtual reality.

Keywords:virtual reality, philosophy, virtualistics, ontology, space and time.