Digital Reality Research Articles

Digital Opportunities for the Implementation of Transactions with Residential Premises

Relevance. Digitalization processes have covered many areas of modern human life, information and communication technologies are forming a new reality – digital reality. Digital technologies are also being widely introduced into the legal sphere, including the turnover of real estate, the execution of transactions with it. The implementation of transactions with residential premises is among the problems that have not lost their significance for decades, having fundamentally important social and economic significance, digitalization of transactions with residential premises increases the level of relevance. Digital modernization also generates a number of problems, one of the main problems is the state's unwillingness to systematically transform the legal regulation of public relations, which is largely due to the lack of legislation necessary to regulate digitalization, the absence of a single definitive apparatus; the above fully applies to transactions with residential premises.The purpose of the article is to attract the attention of the scientific community to the issues of digital opportunities for the implementation of transactions with residential premises, to familiarize with the results of the author's research in the designated area.Objectives: consideration of approaches to the concept of "digitalization" presented in modern legal science; consideration of the procedure for concluding transactions with residential premises using digital technologies; formation of proposals for improving the current Russian legislation.Methodology. The methodology of the undertaken research is based on the achievements of the general theory of law, private law and public law science, which make it possible to systematize the available theoretical and empirical data on the digital possibilities of implementing transactions with residential premises.Results. In the course of the undertaken research, the risks faced by participants in civil law relations (in particular, when implementing transactions with residential premises) were identified, a number of promising proposals aimed at improving the regulatory framework were developed.Conclusion. Digitalization of transactions with residential premises indicates the correlation of relevant legal procedures to the level and requirements of the development of information and communication technologies. The authors substantiate the prospects of digital opportunities for the implementation of transactions with residential premises.

Transforming Digital Dispute Resolution in India

The era of digital reality offers and shapes new dispute resolution mechanisms, imposes high demands and sets its own rules to be complied with. The introduction of information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence into judicial and out-of-court dispute resolution proceedings in India has shown innovative results quite rapidly. Transformation of digital modes of dispute resolution continues with new research and development of modern technologies that strive for excellence. The purpose of this study is to analyze transformation of digital dispute resolution methods in India, considering the historical evolutionism that led from the Vedic era to the global digital revolution, formation of a hybrid model that combines several modes of dispute resolution - offline courts, online courts and online dispute resolution using digital technologies and alternative dispute resolution methods. However, the digital system is far from being perfect; it has significant drawbacks associated with the risks of cyber-attacks and leakage of personal data containing sensitive confidential and personal information. Besides, the digital literacy of the Indian population located on the periphery is quite low, which greatly reduces the level of trust in electronic courts and online dispute resolution.

Влияние процессов цифровизации на систему управления социальной безопасностью российского социума

The article is devoted to the consideration of theoretical and methodological aspects of social security as a special phenomenon of society’s life activity. The main approaches to the study of social security are revealed, the definition of this concept is given. The influence of digitalization on the transformation of socio-cultural pro-cesses associated with the formation of a new social environment is investigated, the dynamics of the digitali-zation process in Russia is revealed. The key processes of the influence of digital technologies on various spheres of society are identified and described, technical-economic, information-technological and social types of risks of digitalization are analyzed. Particular attention is focused on identifying objective and subjective so-cial risks of digital inequality, which increase the polarization of the population and its stratification in the condi-tions of the formation of a digital society. The conclusion is made about the need for large-scale institutional transformations aimed at strengthening the social security of the Russian society, the directions for improving this activity in the conditions of the formation of digital reality are proposed.

Digital Culture of the Individual as a Factor in the Socio-Psychological Safety of the Digital Space

Introduction. The purpose of the article is to actualize the problem of the development of ideological transformations of modern society, determined by the new digital reality, as well as to determine the phenomenon of digital personal culture, its socio-psychological functions in a digital society, fixing the structure and content of each component.Methodology and sources. In their reflections, the authors relied on the works of the following researchers O.A. Grimov, V.I. Przhilensky, E.O. Trufanova, L.V. Baeva, I.I. Gorlova, A.L. Zorin, G.V. Soldatova, A.Yu. Kvitko, R.V. Belyaev and E.I. Grigorieva, M.I. Tsareva, etc. The empirical research carried out in the article was of a probing nature and was considered as preliminary, only outlining the paths of a possible deeper and more complete study. Thus, the article uses value and socio-psychological approaches. Analysis of a person’s digital culture from the standpoint of a value approach makes it possible to determine criteria for assessing the results of human social practices implemented in the digital space. The use of a socio-psychological approach makes it possible to determine the digital culture of an individual in the context of such phenomena as socialization and personal self-identification.Results and discussion. The most obvious discrepancies in the results of the questionnaire survey of different age groups were in those answers that were intended to determine the presence of an ontological component of a person’s digital culture. The legitimacy of the digital world as a different “mode of being” and a space for self-expression is recognized primarily by representatives of the younger age group, which is an alarming symptom. However, the greater level of responsibility in real life compared to digital life, which is recognized by representatives of all age groups, still allows us to speak about a certain expression of the ontological component. Also, the authors reveal a certain severity of the informational and communicative-ethical components of the digital culture of the individual.Conclusion. A more in-depth study, reliably obtained by the authors of the most general results, could be devoted to a deeper immersion in the development of individual aspects of individual authors of the components of the personality of digital culture, the study of the digital culture of individual age groups, the determination of connections between the personality of digital culture and its professional behavior and a number of other issues.

Mixed Reality: A Tool for Investigating the Complex Design and Mechanisms of a Mechanically Actuated Digital Pump

Digital hydraulics is a discrete technology that integrates advanced dynamic system controls, digital electronics, and machine learning to enhance fluid power systems’ performance, overall efficiency, and controllability. A mechanically actuated inline three-piston variable displacement digital pump was previously proposed and designed. The inline three-piston pump incorporates complex mechanical and hydraulic subsystems and highly coupled mechanisms. The complexity of the utilized subsystems poses challenges when assessing the viability of the conceptual design. Therefore, this work focuses on designing, developing, and implementing a collaborative virtual platform involving a digitized module showcasing the internal mechanical structure of the digital pump utilizing mixed reality (MR) technology. MR technology is acknowledged as the forthcoming evolution of the human–machine interface in the real–virtual environment utilizing computers and wearables. This technology permits running simulations that examine the complexity of highly coupled systems, like the digital pump, where understanding the physical phenomenon is far too intricate. The developed MR platform permits multiple users to collaborate in a synchronized immersive MR environment to study and analyze the applicability of the pump’s design and the adequacy of the operated mechanisms. The collaborative MR platform was designed and developed on the Unity game engine, employing Microsoft Azure and Photon Unity Networking to set up the synchronized MR environment. The platform involves a fully interactive virtual module on the digital pump design, developed in multiple stages using Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Tool Kit (MRTK) for Unity and deployed in the synchronized MR environment through a HoloLens 2 MR headset. A research study involving 71 participants was carried out at Purdue University. The study’s objective was to explore the impact of the collaborative MR environment on understanding the complexity and operation of the digital pump. It also sought to assess the effectiveness of MR in facilitating collaboration among fluid power stakeholders in a synchronized digital reality setting to study, diagnose, and control their complex systems. Surveys were designed and completed by all 71 participants after experiencing the MR platform. The results indicate that approximately 75% of the participants expressed positive attitudes toward their overall MR platform experience, with particular appreciation for its immersive nature and the synchronized collaborative environment it provided. More than 70% of the participants agreed that the pump’s collaborative MR platform was essential for studying and understanding the complexity and intricacy of the digital pump’s mechanical structure. Overall, the results demonstrate that the MR platform effectively facilitates the visualization of the complex pump’s internal structure, inspection of the assembly of each of the involved subsystems, and testing the applicability of the complicated mechanisms.

Risk-minimizing social practices in ensuring information security

Modern society qualifies not only as a society of knowledge and information, but also as a society of risk, threats, danger. The digital society is in a state of turbulence, which is interpreted by the individual as an increase in risks. Risk and digital reality are two markers of the society of the XXI century. In the context of the formation of a digital «risk society» within the framework of socio-humanitarian discourse, the task of developing an approach to information security capable of adapting a person to avalanche-like increasing risks is actualized. Turning to risk-minimizing practices helps to organize the process of ensuring information security, taking into account the real significance of emerging dangers and threats in the information and communication environment. The article defines and systematizes a cluster of concepts describing the phenomenon of digital risk and information security as part of such concepts: object (object) — danger (threat) — damage (harm) — risk — security. This makes it possible to define risk-minimizing practices in the information and communication environment as social practices that, due to unusual actions to reduce, weaken, eliminate and prevent dangers and threats, reduce the level of expectation of their occurrence and form a sense of freedom from the danger of loss; from doubt, anxiety or fear. It is concluded that risk-minimizing practices in the information and communication environment are social practices that, due to unusual actions to reduce, weaken, eliminate and prevent dangers and threats, reduce the level of expectation of their occurrence and form a sense of freedom from the danger (risk) of loss; freedom from doubt, anxiety or fear.

The Role of the United Nations in Organizing the Work of the Metaverse

Objectives: The aim of this study is to review the role of the United Nations in organizing the work of Metaverse, as it represents the virtual reality revolution, which is part of a large scene of technological change, where it represents an indication of rapid technical development, and an important component of transformation from digital reality to augmented reality. The research highlighted the necessity of the United Nations' commitment to ensuring freedom of expression on Metaverse sites, in addition to its role in confronting the rhetoric of incitement to terrorism through Metaverse. Methodology: The study relied on the descriptive approach, as the study required the use of this approach to obtain real and adequate information about Metaverse, and the virtual technology revolution, and to study the role of the United Nations in organizing the work of Metaverse with the aim of reaching solutions to the problems raised by the research. At the end of the research, the study reached several results, the most prominent of which was the interest of the United Nations in ensuring the right to freedom of expression, and issuing many international agreements to protect and enhance freedom of contact, circulation and transferring information in the digital age, while continuing terrorist groups seeking to employ rapid technological and technical progress to expand the spread of incitement letters on terrorism, spread extremist ideas to serve their interests and agendas, and to exploit the spread of dealing through the Metaverse platform to expand the recruitment of youth through social media platforms, and to provide financial support required to implement its plans to spread panic, fear and spread chaos in society. Conclusion: The necessity of urging the concerted international efforts and encouraging cooperation among countries through the organs of the United Nations to maximize the optimal exploitation of the advantages of the Metaverse world, to enhance the efforts to counter terrorism and combat the spread of incitement speeches through social media, and to cause balance to ensure that the right of freedom of speech is not eroded which contributes to effective confrontation with the online challenges and the world of Metaverse.

The Home as an Infinite Screen

AbstractThe continuing digital tsunami is offering enhanced spatial opportunities for architects. The interaction of real space and virtual space can be choreographed along a spectrum that ranges from our mobile phone screens to full bodily immersion in digital reality. Architect Lucia Tahan exploits these possibilities in her design work using various methods of spatial computing. Here she takes us through some of her recent experiments and thoughts.

Paradoxical Anthropology in Digital Age. Book Review: Human as an Open Integrity: Monograph / Ed. by L. P. Kiyashchenko, T. A. Sidorova. Novosibirsk: Akademizdat, 2022. 420 p.

Relevance. The problem of understanding the essence of man as a complex integral system with stable characteristics and inexhaustible adaptive potential, which helps a person not only to adapt to a changing world, but also to design and create it, has always interested philosophers of several generations. With a significant number of works on this topic, the human phenomenon opens up with new facets.The purpose of the article is to review the collective monograph "Human as an open integrity".Objectives: to draw the attention of the philosophical community to the current problems of human philosophy in the digital age; to show the polyphony of the authors' points of view, forming a holistic concept of procreation as a defining characteristic of a person.Methodology. The article uses a transdisciplinary approach, which is the best suited for studying such a multidimensional object as a person, allows you to expand the usual angles, go beyond the boundaries of well-known disciplinary theoretical constructs. The authors use the method of critical analysis to comprehend the main ideas of the book.Results. Among the publications of recent years on anthropology, the collection of scientific articles " Human as an open integrity" stands out for its debatable nature, a free lively dialogue of authors reflecting on procreation as an essential characteristic and saving ability of humanity in the current critical period. The concept of procreation in the collection unfolds on two levels, as a creative generation, modeling in a broad interpretation and as a process of procreation in the natural and artificial worlds – in a narrow one.Conclusions. The authors' arguments are built in various ontological paradigms, but as a result, an idea is created about the paradoxical nature of man, comprehended by contradictory but complementary configurators of the external and internal worlds of man as a complex object, about the processes of risk formation and removal, adaptation and preadaptation of man to a new digital reality, about the need for a cross-paradigm communicative approach in understanding man as an open integrity and many other philosophical and anthropological problems.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL POTENTIAL OF STUDENTS IN THE ERA OF DIGITALISATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The upbringing of a moral personality has always been relevant and has been an important task of domestic education. The development of the moral potential of students can be achieved by creating an educational environment that provides special psychological and pedagogical conditions that allow students to form stable views on life and man, a system of beliefs that are focused on understanding moral norms and striving to fulfill them. The current situation in education is characterised by the persistent introduction of digitalisation and artificial intelligence, which significantly changes and destroys traditional approaches to the education of a moral personality, complicating the process of formation of personal and civic identity and its substructure – the moral Self. The traditional educational environment in modern conditions is significantly supplemented by remote online communication, which has its own characteristics. The article examines the negative consequences of deep inclusion of the modern digtal space in the life and education of children and youth and raises the question of requirements for the educational environment in the new digital reality to ensure the development of the moral potential of students.

The European Commission's approach to extra-contractual liability and AI – An evaluation of the AI liability directive and the revised product liability directive

The European Commission published two proposals that aim to adapt (tort) liability rules to the digital age, the circular economy and the impact of the global value chain. The ‘AI Liability Directive’ contains rules on the disclosure of information and the alleviation of the burden of proof in relation to damage caused by AI systems. The ‘revised Product Liability Directive’ substantially modifies the current product liability regime by broadening the scope, integrating new circumstances to assess the product's defectiveness and introducing provisions regarding presumptions of defectiveness and causation. In this article, we evaluate how both proposals provide some answers to major technological developments – in particular AI – in view of the issues they raise as identified in the legal literature. To do so, we also provide a clear understanding of the major provisions in both proposals, supported by visuals. Although we welcome both proposals for several reasons outlined in the article, different unclarities and inconsistencies need to be resolved. These inter alia relate to the unclarity of terms, the position of claimants, the uncertain interaction with other supranational initiatives and the many interpretation issues with regard to the fault-based liability regime. A more fundamental objection relates to the choice of the revised Product Liability Directive to capture all liability issues with AI systems, which comes at the cost of losing the connection to ‘product’ as a grounding concept. Our findings can be used by policymakers in further adapting and refining both proposals to the digital reality.

E-Learning as a Development Tool

In the modern world, there is a need to organize learning quickly and effectively. Due to the current economic climate, competition in the educational market, and demographic decline, there is an increasing interest in e-learning at all levels of education but especially in higher education. E-education provides the opportunity to attract students from abroad, those with disabilities, and those who cannot give up their professional work but want or should continue their education. This way of acquiring knowledge is of interest to various people who want to complete their higher education or gain a new profession. The article attempts to answer the following questions: which form of education is more attractive for students, stationary or remote; how do they assess the effects of both of these forms; which of them would they prefer in the event of further learning; and what suggestions do they make to improve distance learning? The article also contains a description of the project of changes undertaken by the State Vocational University in the Masovian Voivodeship (Poland) towards adapting to the requirements of digital reality. The aim of this article is to determine students’ preferences in terms of forms of studying and the university’s response to students’ needs in this area. It also discusses the specifics of the recent popularity of a new teaching model called connectivism. It presents what education based on this method is about and explains how it differs from previously functioning models such as behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructionism. The publication also contains a critique of connectivism and an attempt to indicate what risks and doubts arise from the dissemination of this type of education.

Цифровая реальность как среда социализации личности

The article scrutinizes the forms of socialization of the subject in the conditions of digital reality. The relevance of the study is determined by the rapid development of computer technologies, the movement of part of com-municative, educational and social processes to the Internet space and the complication of the socialization process in the conditions of digitalization of life. It is argued that the fluid, transitive nature of modern society gives the features of non-pronounced or mixed forms of digital socialization of the subject. The authors investi-gate the transformations occurring in the process of socialization in the context of mixing forms of social reality: the “first reality” and its technogenic digital forms. In addition, the research methodology is based on the dialec-tical approach to understanding the process of development of modern society; philosophical reflection of sub-jectivity as a property of personality activity in the conditions of digital reality; the principle of mediality in under-standing the system-structural quality of digital reality as a new environment of everyday life. The originality of the article is substantiated by the problematization of digital media convergence as a new factor transforming subjectivity in the mechanisms of socialization, generated by the conditions of modern digital society, and by putting forward the concept of “hidden subjects of socialization” in the conditions of digital reality.

Lifelong education as one of the digital decade trends

The article is devoted to the topical issues of lifelong education as a new and increasingly relevant form of education. The article examines the impact of digital transformation on the transformation of the education system. The authors emphasize the relationship between the growth in the volume and coverage of digital technologies and the increase in the number of educational services in various forms (the system of additional education, courses, webinars, programs for studying cutting edge academic disciplines in a short time). The research focuses on the theoretical understanding of the trend of the last decade – lifelong education. An important conclusion, confirmed by the already available in modern sociology research, was the judgment that the increased relevance of lifelong education is directly related to digitalization and the technical, technological and organizational preferences that it provides to the educational system. Thus, distance educational technologies (zoom, skype, teleconference from Yandex, Vebinar and others) demonstrate the ability to be involved in the educational process regardless of location, gender, age, employment, occupation and interests. In addition, in modern conditions of transition to a new digital reality under the influence of the rapid development of advanced technologies, there is a question of the need for constant professional reorientation and obtaining new knowledge and skills in the fields of computer programming, the use of digital technologies, including interacting with artificial intelligence. The article identifies new popular areas of study, the principles of lifelong education, and also highlights the advantages and disadvantages of the object of study. It is also revealed that today an ambiguous attitude of teachers and students to online education has been formed.

Evolution and Impact of Blended Learning in Higher Education: A Brief Systematic Review From 2010 to 2022

As education has moved towards the digital reality, one of the greatest challenges has been to provide students with an engaging learning environment. This era of technological advancement has yielded various teaching and learning tools and strategies. Among these, blended learning has emerged as a practical solution, seamlessly merging traditional in-person instruction with digital resources. This extensive review, encompassing 161 articles from reputable databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, and ERIC, spanning 2010 to 2022, is guided by the PRISMA model for article selection. The primary goal was to assess the effectiveness of blended learning strategies across multidisciplinary courses in higher education. Following meticulous examination, which involved eliminating duplicate records, excluding articles that were not relevant (totaling 37 exclusions), and filtering out non-English articles (9 in total), a refined set of 39 relevant articles remained for thorough analysis. Exploring these 39 preceding studies consistently validates the effectiveness of blended learning as the favored pedagogical approach in higher education. It not only engages students but also cultivates critical thinking skills, thereby fostering a conducive learning environment. This learning strategy creates a conducive learning environment for the students by engaging them and improving their critical thinking skills. A literature review found that since 2011, the same models have been repeated and practiced in various settings.

Postpanopticon: Control and Media in the New Digital Reality

In this article, the object of research interest is the phenomenon of social control and the role of digital media in the process of digital surveillance. In the first part, the authors characterise the specifics of the panoptical and postpanoptical models of social control. The second part of the article explores the specifics of modern types of surveillance provided by digital media. It is shown that digital media extremely effectively modify communication systems, determine the main vectors of socio-cultural and personal development, and are also one of the key elements of the digital control system.

Conceptualizing digital transformation using semantic decomposition

Economic and social disruption generated by COVID-19 increased research on digital transformation processes; however, consensus about the formal conceptual definition of digital transformation is yet to be reached. A concise and clear concept built using existing definitions in literature is needed for empirical research in the business and management fields. Using semantic decomposition method to systematically decompose the extant definitions collected from the business literature, this study proposes the following formal conceptual definition of digital transformation: “a process that aims to improve society by triggering significant changes to the enterprise business model using digital technologies”. Consistent measurable properties caused by a formal conceptual definition support academic research and enable practitioners to exploit new knowledge essential when adapting the firm’s business model to the new digital reality.

The legacy of P. Feyerabend: a look from the digital realities of the XXI century

The article analyzes the ways of expressing the methodological message of P. Feyerabend, implemented by modern digital reality. The object of the study is the specifics of digital reality, and the subject is the forms of implementation of P. Feyerabend's methodological message in it. Using hypothetical-deductive and hermeneutic approaches, the author correlates the positions of P. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism with the features of modern cyberphysical reality. The comparison of the first "counter-rule" – the principle of proliferation is carried out in relation to the understanding of hybrid society and the metaverse. The principle of incommensurability, understood by Feyerabend as a condition for the absence of criteria for assessing the truth of the theory, is compared with the heterogeneity of the digital environment. The main conclusions of the study are the highlighted parallels between the principle of proliferation and the constant transformation of the actors of the digital society, evaluated from the standpoint of expanding the possibilities of creativity. The principle of incommensurability is compared with the constant generation of new conventions by the digital environment, the presence of heterogeneous modalities. The modern way of thinking is positioned in the discourse of the given "counter-rules" as the implementation of complex network thinking. Feyerabend's premise for the perception of archaic man correlates with the idea of cybernetic animism. The scientific novelty of the work consists in fixing the parallels of Feyerabend's theoretical premises and the reality of the modern hybrid world with its ways of thinking, revealing the internal contradiction of Feyerabend's position and the ambiguity of the embodiment of his methodological guidelines in a modern hybrid society.

The Model of Digital Trust Formation in Russia

The article is devoted to the study of the social aspects of digitalization associated with the interaction of political and public institutions, namely the process of forming digital trust. Based on the analysis of the historiography the main directions in the study of the multidimensional phenomenon of trust in digital reality are formulated. Based on the application of the modeling method, the author’s interpretation of the concept of digital trust formation in relation to the Russian political process is proposed. To analyze the process of digital trust formation, it is productive to use a neo- corporate model in which the dominant role is played by government institutions with the direct participation of business process actors or subjects. The corresponding approach allows us to build a model of digital trust formation in Russia. It is worth noting that in this case there is no correlation with the type of political regime in the state. The main driving force of digitalization in Russia and in other countries is the state represented by authorized institutions, and not the public.

The main directions of national metallurgy development in the context of global trends

We are witnessing how today the world is facing new challenges and new revolutionary trends in terms of further technological development and the formation of a new sixth technological order that challenges established and commercially available technologies. The increasing complexity, breadth, depth and speed of change, volatile markets and breakthrough technologies require new thinking, readiness for change, and time forces us to move faster.The article contains an overview of global trends in industrial development, advanced technological trends and technologies for the development of domestic metallurgy, carried out in the period 2019–2022, based on the following materials: Internet resources of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of technology and equipment in metallurgy; the Strategy “science and technology: 2018–2040”; the Concept of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Belarus on the period up to 2035; the National Strategy for Sustainable Socio‑Economic Development of the Republic of Belarus for the period up to 2030; Programs of socio‑economic development of the Republic of Belarus for the period 2021–2025; Priority areas of scientific, scientific, technical and innovative activities for 2021–2025; the Eurasian Economic Union; the International Conference “Designing the Future. Problems of digital reality”; Significant events in the Republic of Belarus in 2021–2022 on the development of industry.