# Thief of truth: VR comics about the relationship between AI and humans

- Authors: Joonhyung Bae
- Venue: Proc. 29th Int. Symp. on Electronic Art (ISEA), Paris, France, Jul. 16–23, 2023
- Year: 2023
- Type: Conference Paper
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.69564/isea2023-42-full-bae-thief-of-truth
- arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10012
- Publisher page: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10012
- PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16TW6n0O4Dnuf-JimCIkw07QQoUuJzQnk/view?usp=drive_link
- Keywords: VR comics, AI-human relationship, truth, virtual reality, interactive storytelling
- Page: https://joonhyungbae.com/publication/thief-of-truth-2023

## In one sentence

First-person VR comic about a mind-uploaded human and an AI searching for the meaning of life; experiments with VR comics through view control, controller interaction and accessibility.

마인드 업로딩된 인간과 삶의 의미를 찾는 AI의 관계를 다룬 1인칭 VR 만화 〈진리를 훔친 자〉. VR의 시선 제어·컨트롤러 인터랙션·접근성으로 VR 만화 형식을 실험했다.

## Abstract

Thief of Truth is a first-person perspective Virtual Reality (VR) comic that explores the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence (AI). The work tells the story of a mind-uploaded human being reborn as a new subject while interacting with an AI that is looking for the meaning of life. In order to experiment with the expandability of VR comics, the work was produced by focusing on three problems. First, the comic is designed using the viewing control effect of VR. Second, through VR controller-based interaction, the player's immersion in the work is increased. Third, a method for increasing accessibility to VR comics was devised. This work aims to present an example of an experimental attempt in VR Comics.

(Source: arXiv:2506.10012)

## When this paper is relevant

- You study VR comics or narrative form in VR / VR 만화(VR comics)·VR 서사 형식을 연구할 때
- You need artworks about AI–human relations or mind uploading / AI와 인간의 관계, 마인드 업로딩을 다룬 예술 작품 사례가 필요할 때
- You look for gaze/viewing control techniques replacing comic panels in VR / VR에서 시선 유도·연출(viewing control)을 만화 칸 구성에 쓰는 방법을 찾을 때

## Related

- Artwork: https://joonhyungbae.com/art/thief-of-truth-2022

## How to cite

Joonhyung Bae (2023). Thief of truth: VR comics about the relationship between AI and humans. Proc. 29th Int. Symp. on Electronic Art (ISEA), Paris, France, Jul. 16–23, 2023. https://doi.org/10.69564/isea2023-42-full-bae-thief-of-truth

```bibtex
@inproceedings{Bae2023thief,
  title = {Thief of truth: VR comics about the relationship between AI and humans},
  author = {Joonhyung Bae},
  booktitle = {Proc. 29th Int. Symp. on Electronic Art (ISEA), Paris, France, Jul. 16–23, 2023},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.69564/isea2023-42-full-bae-thief-of-truth},
  eprint = {2506.10012},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.69564/isea2023-42-full-bae-thief-of-truth}
}
```