Pokemon Go Ethics

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In the creation of art various areas of knowledge must be utilized if reason is occurring because if there is reason present during the creation then there must be a cause to the creation as well. Whether this cause of the creation of the art be as simple as appeal to the viewers of the art or the art symbolizing an event of some sort, these reasons require the utilization of various areas of knowledge in order to accomplish them when creating art. In the example of creating art to appeal to its viewers then one such area of knowledge that can be utilized in achieving this cause is ethics. Ethics teach us about the distinctions between what is right and what is wrong along with the justification of why it is. This is one of the areas of …show more content…

In LA Times’ Article: “Pokemon Go is a work of art, not a social experiment” pokemon go is treated as a work of art in the virtual and augmented reality category. The article claims that the effect of making this type of art has an effect of “inevitability” on the players because of its immersion into the mix of augmented/virtual reality. In fact, it even touches on the memory aspect of why the mobile game draws people in being from dreams and past experiences which have led you to desire this type of immersion. “ on some deep level you've been somehow waiting for this experience your whole life, maybe even training for it in your dreams” . Memory is another area of knowledge present in the creation of this art as the creators intentionally included this aspect to the art in order to appeal to more audiences and attract them to their art. This can be seen as the reason present within the creation of this art because it is a mobile game with the purpose of in the end acquiring enough funds to make the investment of creating the app a success. As of such, you want to make the product as appealing as possible with the investment being committed into the creation of the app which leads to the utilization of ethics and memory in order to do so. Memory is utilized in the creation of the app because as the article states, most if not all humans have been exposed to the concept