This paper defends virtual veridicalism, according to which many perceptual experiences in virtual reality are veridical. My argument centers on perceptual variation, the phenomenon in which perceptual experience appears all the same while being reliably generated by different properties under different circumstances. It consists of three stages. The first stage argues that perceptual variation can occur in color perception without involving misperception. The second stage extends the argument to perceptual variation of space, arguing that it is possible for individuals to perceive distinct physical spaces as having the same experiential space without suffering from systematic misperception. The final stage proceeds to argue that perceptual variation without misperception in color and spatial perception can occur across virtual and ordinary environments. In that sense, given that ordinary experiences are presumably veridical, experiences in virtual reality are also veridical.

本文为虚拟真实主义辩护，根据虚拟真实主义，虚拟现实中的许多感知体验都是真实的。我的论点集中在知觉变化上，即知觉体验在不同情况下看起来完全相同，同时又由不同的属性可靠地产生。它由三个阶段组成。第一阶段认为，感知变化可以发生在颜色感知中，而不涉及误解。第二阶段将论点扩展到空间的感知变化，认为个体有可能将不同的物理空间感知为具有相同的体验空间，而不会遭受系统性的误解。最后阶段继续论证，在虚拟和普通环境中可以发生没有颜色和空间感知错误感知的感知变化。从这个意义上说，鉴于普通体验可能是真实的，虚拟现实中的体验也是真实的。