Abstract
This article analyze the concept of “presence” in different areas, technical
and philosophical, with reference to immersive experiences offered
by virtual reality’s recent applications. According to this exam, this article
claims that (a) there are different degrees and configurations of the
subject’s presence compared to virtual world; (b) these configurations
was already partly esplored by cinema and (c) especially in the case of
relate virtual they depend on the temporal (more than spatial) structures
of the experience arranged to the subject.