Simulacrics: Virtual Understanding
Use Explanipedia’s Simulacrics module
- 1 Click the Simulacrics button on any topic
- 2 Reflect on how the topic connects to the 12 Ontological Realms
- 3 Explore scholarly ideas that shape these realms
- 4 Create a Second Life T-shirt for your topic using the Semiotics Module
- 5 Visit Explanipedia’s Second Life Island to inspire connections and discover meaning
The Virtual frame explores meaning through immersive environments, experiential perspective-taking, and interactive media. It emphasizes how space, embodiment, and narrative scenes influence understanding.
This frame emphasizes:
- Embodied exploration and spatial thinking
- Interactive scenes, media boards, and wayfinding
- Perspective shifts and contextual immersion
- Iterative reflection and narrative synthesis
- Sharing experiential insights and links
Through virtual understanding, you can investigate how place, perspective, and interaction shape interpretation—using simulated spaces to think, compare, and communicate ideas.