Is The Development Of The Virtual Image

According to the history had been understood by people by now, the earliest painting of human beings was found in the cave bordered on France and Spanish. The hominids simply believed that image represents strength and material. Therefore, in their mind, owning the image equals owning the real materials described by it. Such an underlying primitive feature of humankind will surely affect people’s achievements in exploring arts.The invention of photography can serve as an example. Humankind always wants to take the vivid image as their wealth. Such a characteristic is closely connected with the certain primitive sense of them. Sontag has mentioned in his book that collecting pictures equals collecting the world and shooting equals possessing those objects being shot, which indicates that you place yourself in a certain relationship of the world.With the development of photographic technology, humankind has entered a society dominated by image. As the extension of people’s eyes, machine has changed methods used by people in watching the world. The method of image acquisition guided by the chemistry is transiting into the method guided by electronics gradually. The mature digital technology brings great convenience to the image acquisition. It takes no more than10years for the technologies of virtual image to become mature.This paper takes the emergence of digital technology, the development of virtual technology and technologies of virtual image working on images as the line, summarizing the significances of technologies of virtual image for the development of image and taking it as the major content. It analyzes the influences of virtual image on artists from the perspective of artistic creation.