In our predominantly materialist culture we take it for granted that the physical world is real. But in what sense are experiences, thoughts and feelings real? And what about virtual realities? Are they physical, psychological, or somewhere in between? In the present chapter I examine: 1. the ways physical, psychological and virtual realities differ 2. the ways in which physical, psychological ...

Besides the obvious advantage of mobility, wearable computing o ers intimacy with the user for augmented realities. A model of the user is as important as a model of the physical world for creating a seamless, unobtrusive interface while avoiding \information overload." This paper summarizes some of the current projects at the MIT Media Laboratory that explore the space of user and physical env...

The ubiquitous nature of modern Information Retrieval and Virtual World give rise to new realities. To what extent are these ‘realities’ real? Which ‘physics’ should be applied to quantitatively describe them? In this essay I dwell on few examples. The first is Adaptive neural networks, which are not networks and not neural, but still provide service similar to classical ANNs in extended fashio...

This paper examines the semiosic development of energy to information within a dyadic reality that operates within the contradictions of both classical and quantum physics. These two realities are examined within the three Peircean modal categories of Firstness, Secondness and Thirdness. The paper concludes that our world cannot operate within either of the two physical realities but instead fi...

This paper proposes that the generation of successful virtual environments relies on better understanding of how we conceive virtual and physical realities in our consciousness. In particular, to recognise that our conception of these realities is more importance than our perception of them. The failure and success of certain virtual environments are explained as the failure and success of the ...

one of the most important questions in epistemology is the nonphysical realities, like phenomenal consciousness. the main claim of physicalism is real explanations of events and properties are only physical explanations and representationalists are agree too. thus these realities can explained by the rule of biases of physical and objective events.on the other hand , phenomenalists maintain tha...

Despite the benefits of learning an instrument, many students drop out early because it can be frustrating for student, expensive caregiver, and loud household. Virtual Reality (VR) Extended (XR) offer potential to address these challenges by simulating multiple instruments in engaging motivating environment through headphones. To assess commercial VR augment musical experiences, we used standa...

this paper investigates the role of factors affecting the quality of the service provided by state banks in karaj in their key customers’ satisfaction. the conceptual framework of this research shows the effect of factors such as empathy, assurance, responsiveness, reliability and physical realities on customer satisfaction. using a descriptive method, this idea has investigated through using a...

The crucial roles played by young people in the lives of ancient urban and civic spaces has been underestimated discussions life. Through our case study Roman Egypt, we scrutinize expectations placed on people, specific they would have taken these environments, their agency shaping, responding to, demands them physical social environments. discussion addresses three major themes: people’s visib...