Maruzen Publishing To Release The Philosophy Of Virtual Expression And Existence
A critical commentary on Hiroki Yamano's The Philosophy of VTubers anchors a volume that treats VTubers, avatars, and AI-generated images as a shared question for communication theory, law, ontology, and aesthetics.
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Maruzen Publishing will release The Philosophy of Virtual Expression and Existence on Friday, October 16. The 224-page book, priced at 2,640 yen, is the 12th volume in the Philosophizing the Future World series. Its four essays cover virtual reality and communication, virtuality and law, a critical commentary on The Philosophy of VTubers, and form in virtual reality in the AI era.
The volume collects four chapters. Shinji Matsunaga writes on reality, fiction, avatars, and presence under the theme of virtual reality and communication. Shin'ichiro Harada, an information law researcher who has studied defamation and personality rights infringement against VTubers, examines characters, VTubers, and virtual spaces from legal studies. Masahiro Takatori's chapter opens with an overview of VTuber culture and moves through the significance of philosophically studying VTubers, an ontological examination, and an aesthetic one. Sho Naruse closes with a chapter on form in virtual reality, using philosopher Kiyoshi Miki's The Logic of Imagination as a clue for reality and ways of engaging with the world in the AI era. Ryo Osada also contributes.
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