The technologies of the modern world open up new opportunities, including the market for current professions, which introduces new directions and expands existing industries. One of the most relevant vacancies today is video game development: the laborious process of the project’s implementation involves creating a new reality. Physicists and philosophers discuss a related issue by understanding the mechanisms behind the creation of video games. Drawing parallels between the real and the virtual world, one can admit the unreality of the existence of the planet and people and compare everything that happens with the simulation in which we are.
Some scientists consider humans can be programmed by a higher intelligence and compare the Universe with the simulation and plot of “The Matrix.” A theoretical physicist uses the same codes to correct browser errors that work for “quarks and electrons and supersymmetry,” which gives him reason to draw similar conclusions. (Moskowitz, 2016, par. 5) Refuting the point of view, scientists who disagree with it argue that this may be “just the fad of the moment.” (Moskowitz, 2016, par. 6) It is emphasized that the given hypotheses sometimes sound existential and cannot be verified in practice. It is impossible to get evidence that we are not in a simulation because any evidence can be simulated. The controversial issue provides food for thought but predominantly skepticism.
As the gaming industry evolves, specific mechanisms for creating video games can be repeated and give rise to analogies. Working with game design, a person does not have the opportunity to feel in the place of a great creator, but this is “a way to gain control” over specific actions or situations in virtual reality. (Animation Arena, 2021, par. 3) If a failure occurs, the system’s error can be corrected, which cannot be applied to the real world in which we live. A life simulation can be created by a specialist whose desire and skills are sharpened to develop video games and virtual reality, but it is impossible to admit our reality is simulated.
References
Animation Arena. (2021). How to become a video game designer. Web.
Moskowitz, C. (2016). Are we living in a computer simulation&? Scientific American. Web.