نوع مقاله : علمی-پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
The aim of this article is to analyze the capacities of the metaverse for enabling religious experience. Virtual, augmented, and mixed realities generate a new form of human experience that differs fundamentally from lived experience in the hyperconnected age. The possibility of disembodiment and presence through avatars in extended reality environments allows for a subjective sense of being in other spaces and simultaneously reconstructs the bodily and mental dimensions of experience within a technological setting. This phenomenon gains particular significance in the realm of religious experience, especially in relation to the sense of presence in sacred spaces. This study seeks to examine the potential and degree of correspondence between metaversal and real-world religious experiences. If the internet is understood as a communicative medium, the metaverse is no longer a single medium but rather an emergent media environment that enables immersive forms of interaction and communication. In this transition, experience shifts from on-screen to within the screen, and religion undergoes a similar transformation through forms of digital religious existence. The findings of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationship between technology and religion, illustrating how avatar-based religious experiences may reconstruct spiritual reality within virtual worlds.
کلیدواژهها English