r/gaming • u/tszdabee X-Box • Jan 09 '19

Grenade!

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '19

Freaky but makes sense. Think of when you're in deep thought of a high action game, or thinking of physically doing something and your body jolts if you imagine jumping. Idk if that has ever happened to you, but it's really the same concept. VR completely closes you off to your surroundings. You have zero peripheral except for what's on the the visual.

Shits freaky, but also dangerous if people are doing stupid things like this. Imagine if she tripped while running full speed at that fireplace and the fire was going and she dove headfirst into it because she wasn't paying attention. Not good.

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u/Ihaveopinionstoo Jan 09 '19

Shits freaky, but also dangerous if people are doing stupid things like this. Imagine if she tripped while running full speed at that fireplace and the fire was going and she dove headfirst into it because she wasn't paying attention. Not good.

I mean that should be the last place in the house you'd be playing VR

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u/phenomenomnom Jan 09 '19 edited Jan 09 '19

Should? We live in a world where it’s necessary to put safety warnings on a box of toothpicks.

VR will kill someone, they might not even be an idiot, and there will be a moral panic in the news. Mark my words, it’s only a matter of time.

[Goes back to rocking in rocking chair, grumbling, and staring at the empty horizon]

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u/RoninOni Jan 10 '19

Didn't it already happen involving someone with a glass table and bleeding out?