WHAT IS VIRTUAL PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE?

   

     Physical presences have always been a given condition of life for thousands of years. Communication required gathering of people and therefore group formation and also identity formation developed the way it did in the past. However, the means of communication has changed. Maybe it started with telephones then cell phones but the amount of technology advance was pleasant enough as it was convenient. Then, those technologies became a part of life. International calls were the only inconvenient factor due to the expensive rate.

     As Internet calling spread and developed, people were able to communicate cheaper and easier. Text messaging and Internet chatting also shaped the society in a very different ways. The virtual space gave chances to introverted personalities as well as extroverts, in the end, it became hard to define personalities online as they were considered made-up identities and many encounters were not a result from an instantaneous interactions. However, in the recent years, with development of video chatting everything changed. The romance of calling and hearing someone’s voice no longer existed with the video chatting. It is as a virtual physical contact with the person, which confuses the definition of physical, and the sensory experience.

     The technology is further advance now. Along with 3D tvs, Samsung’s smart tv is gives the ultimate virtual physical experience. You simply wave your hand to change channels and speak to tv to turn on or off the device. Built in camera makes it possible to Skype easily and see the person in 3D. You can’t smell or feel the person but other aspects of physical experience seems to be satisfied by this technology. It is unpredictable how the technology will advance from now and rather or not people will adapt to this 3D technology. Only time will give response to these questions and lead its way to further advances in technology and human interaction.