本論文討論的問題是：如同傳統繪畫圖像一般，藉由當代科技媒介所產生的影像是否可以，甚或應該被理解為一種「顯像」，而且其是否為「虛擬」此觀念所涵蓋？還是毋寧說，除了純粹顯現之外，當代網路影像仍有另一面向，該影像並非與「實在」相反，而僅只是另種類型的現實？為了對後提主張追求證成，本文以現象學方法探索當代影像上的「體現」這種現象，以便凸顯出影像與身體之間的一種必然聯繫。尤其是置於空間和時間之際的流動影片以及網路遊戲上所謂的「阿凡達」，這些現象都能讓哲學釐清影像與身體、顯現與體現之間的關係。

The problem discussed in this paper is the question whether images produced by means of modern technological media may - or even should - be regarded in the same way as the images of traditional painting, i.e. as appearances, as encompassed by the idea of virtuality? Or do contemporary images, while purely appearing, still have another dimension? Instead of being opposed to reality, do they not just function as some different kind of reality? In order to validate this hypothesis, this paper engages in putting into evidence, from a phenomenological stance, the dimension of embodiment in images, i.e. a certain necessary connection between the image and the living body. It is the film image, being situated on the borderline between space and time, as well as so called Avatars in computer games, which seem particularly instructive for this investigation into the relation between image and the body, as well as between appearance and representation by embodiment.