Getting Lost in between the simulating and real world

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Getting Lost in between the simulating and real
world
SIMUALTION--

• Hao-Chien Weng

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Overview

• .for distinction Sake, a Deceiving by Words, is
  commonly called a Lye (lie), and a Deceiving by
  Actions, Gestures, or Behavior, is called
  Simulation(Robert South 1697)
• Simulating- Imitating, Similar

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Computer Simulation

• The history of computer simulation media (ex.
  flight simulation, artificially intelligent,
  battlefield simulation) includes an extended
  intimate connection to the military. (First
  Person p.71)
• Simulation is a cultural phenomenon, not a
  computational one, and as such is fully existent
  in old media as well as new. ( Jean Baudrillard )

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• A simulation is characterized by blurred
  boundaries between the viewers proximate space
  and the virtual space of simulation, as well as
  by the scale being the same in both spaces. ( Lev
  Manovich )
• Simulation is seen to be continues with the
  artistic traditions, a immersion in a virtual
  world and the history of simulation is also a
  series of attempts to model the orders of reality
  beyond the virtual world.( Lev Manovich )

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Two Types of Simulation (Celia Pearce)

• Training-based simulation. It comes out of
  military world, and puts players into a
  first-person view in controlling. Ex. flight
  simulator
• Dynamically modeling an entire system. Ex. The
  SimCity. It has been described as a human
  behavior or psychological simulator.

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Blurs in Simulating Environment

• Behaviors learned from simulating experiences
  might be expressed in situations which resemble
  the virtual context matches the conditions of the
  training context. ( Simon Penny)
• It is potentially building behaviors in a real
  world.

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• An interactive representation is more than a
  representation.
• When a soldier shoots at simulating target, it
  trains him to shoot a real people.
• People can trade their items in the online game
  with the real world money.
• People can have any kinds of relationships online
  as same as they have in the real world for
  example getting married with their game partners.

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Self-Portrayal in a Simulated Life Projecting
Personality and Values in The Sims 2 by Thaddeus
Griebel

• Hypothesis 1 Personality characteristics will
  relate to gameplay he suggested that gameplay
  would be related to personality traits such as
  extraversion and conscientiousness.

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• Hypothesis 2 predicted that participants would
  transfer their personal values to their Sims
  The paper shows that participants who valued
  wealth were more likely to report that it was
  important for their Sims to be wealthy however,
  their Sims were no more likely to actually earn
  higher incomes than participants who did not
  place a great importance on wealth.

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• Younger participants were more likely to spend
  their Sims money impulsively.
• Does the Sims really reflect the lives of the
  players who created them?" According to the
  paper, there is supportive evidence to show that,
  yes, people do indeed project some aspects of
  themselves into their Sims.

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Getting lost or voluntarily Staying?

• Cocoons A new group of people their homes is
  their castle, their shield and their entire
  world. From the popcorn report by Faith
  Popcorn.
• Less interpersonal communication
• Cocoons, otakus, electronic eremite, SOHO,
  digital individual, virtual self.

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Otaku
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Excommunication(Robert S. Fortner)

• Ascetic excommunication voluntarily doing it
  Playing game
• Pleonastic excommunication Overload, too much
  new information. Only choosing one that really
  interested in, ignoring others.
• Impedient excommunication Due to the difference
  of education or economic condition, people have
  different ability to communicate, especially in
  the information age.

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Conclusion

• The people who are addicted at simulating world
  are possibly lack of the ability to communicate
  with people interpersonally.
• According to a report from Carnegie Mellon
  University, when children spend more time on the
  virtual world, they have less time to
  communication with friends and family. It would
  be easier for them to augment their feeling of
  loneliness, anxiety, and frustration.

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• It is important to balance the humanistic values
  and Instrumental Rationality for us, modern
  people.
• The behaviors learned from simulating experience
  might be expressed in a real world.
• We play simulations or simulations play us?

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References

• Baudrillard, Jean. First Person. Critical
  Simulation. P.71.
• Fortner, Robert S..(1995) Excommunication in the
  Information Society. Retrieved from
  http//www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/faculty/pweb/ex
  comm.pdf
• Griebel, Thaddeus. Game Studies. Self-Portrayal
  in a Simulated Life Projecting Personality and
  Values in The Sims 2. Retrieved from
  http//gamestudies.org/0601/articles/griebel

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References

• Manovich, Lev. (2001) The Language of New Media.
  Cambridge, MA The MIT Press.
• Pearce, Celia. First Person. Toward a Game
  Theory of Game.P.150.
• Penny, Simon. First Person. Representation,
  Enaction, and the Ethics of Simulation.
• Popcorn, Faith. The Popcorn Report 2002.
  Retrieved from http//retailindustry.about.com/od/
  retail_trends/a/bl_trends2002.htm
• South, Robert. Wikipedia. Retrieved from
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation