The famous film "The Matrix" tells that the reality that surrounds people is, in fact, just an illusion created by a special computer program. Today, there are theories confirming the reality of such a scenario, despite all its fantasticness.
Scientific explanation
The impetus for the development of such a hypothesis was the emergence of quantum mechanics, which studies interactions in the subatomic world. In particular, the results of the experiment carried out in 1982 served as a confirmation of the illusory nature of the surrounding world. As a result, physicists have found that under certain conditions, 2 electrons can instantly interact, regardless of the distance between them. This very confused scientists, as it was known that any kind of interaction cannot occur faster than light speed. Then the assumption was made that in fact all these electrons are not separate particles, but represent the facets of deeper layers of reality, inaccessible to observers from our world.
Today, in order to finally confirm or reject the holographic device of the universe, colossal research work is being carried out in the laboratory. Fermi. The essence of the experiment is to detect a hypothetical quantum tremor of space, which should be present in the world if it is a three-dimensional hologram. This phenomenon is also called pixelization of space, when when you zoom out to a certain limit, the image becomes very fuzzy. This phenomenon should create interference that can be detected by the instruments. For this, a system of several laser interferometers and mirrors is used. The laser beam is divided several times, reflected and returned back, where it is fixed. If the returned ray is somehow different from the original one, this will be evidence thatthat the universe is not real. So far, there are no positive results, but the researchers continue to work, explaining the failure by the lack of sensitivity of the equipment.
The first such theories about the unreality of the physical world appeared in ancient Greece. Then philosophers believed that the perception of the universe is significantly different from itself, it is more simplified, and depends on the observer. The human brain receives electrical signals from the outside and, in accordance with this, processes the received data, giving out a picture of the world.
Another significant confirmation of the virtuality of the universe can be the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, according to which, when measuring two characteristics of a system, one of them will always be measured more inaccurately than the other. This also corresponds to the assumption about the possible pixelation of space and time.
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Real world and video games
In modern computer games, a very interesting principle is used to optimize the load on the device. At the same time, only those viewing angles at which the player is currently looking are clearly detailed. The rest of the areas do not seem to exist, or are drawn in a very simplified way. This approach allows you to create detailed virtual worlds with the lowest possible computer load. At the same time, some scientists predict the emergence in the near future of virtual game universes inhabited by characters who will believe that they live in the real world.
In the real world, physicists discovered an interesting "observer effect" in which the action occurs only in the presence of an observer. If it is not there, then, for example, the particle being observed is not there either. But it is worth remembering that this effect works only in the world of elementary particles, in which completely different laws operate, which are very different from the laws of the macrocosm. However, some researchers are inclined to believe that this may be an excellent proof of the virtuality of our universe.
Lately, researchers have been constantly looking for evidence that our universe is a virtual hologram. And sometimes they find facts that indirectly indicate this. Other scientists deny the very possibility of the virtuality of the world, proving this by the fact that to create such a hologram would require a computer larger than it, but this is impossible.
If it can be proven that the entire universe is virtual reality, it will, according to some, open up new horizons for innovation. As a result, new technologies will appear, which are considered fiction today. It is the theory of the virtuality of the universe that can perfectly explain such difficult questions as dark matter, the Big Bang, and others, over which scientists from many countries are struggling. However, clear evidence of this has not yet been obtained, so it is premature to say for sure that our world does not really exist.