Computer Games vs Law: Virtualization and Transformation of Political and Legal Institutions

Anton A . Vasiliev,

Vladislav V. Arkhipov,

Nikolai Yu. Andreev,

Yulia V. Pechatnova

Published: April 11, 2023

The paper provides an analysis of virtual reality as a subject of regulation while underlining the similarity of principles in gaming and regulatory activities as the elements of virtual reality. A deeper insight into the relationships between regulatory and gaming activities allows to make a statement that gaming provides a tool for situational analysis to identify the most rational action among the available alternatives thus offering a way to construct a legal reality. Assuming that people will make decisions by weighing costs and benefits to maximize the “utility”, and will interact with others by balancing preferences and constraints, the immersion …