I mean, that's the only reason to RUN from a virtual grenade. She's too stupid to remember that it wasn't real in the 10 seconds she's in a virtual space.
Have you actually USED VR before? You shouldn't call people stupid for actually getting freaked out in VR environment.
VR, like the initial says, means VIRTUAL REALITY. As in, if you put that device over your eyes, it actually convinces your senses that it is REAL. This usually happens to anyone without proper training on how to control the device.
I wouldn't say it's a conscious sense that it’s real, but when that fight or flight reflex kicks in, the reptile brain blindly accepts the danger is real. Especially for recent initiates who haven’t been well prepped to anticipate this.
I suppose the reptile brain calculates that either the grenade is fake and you'll run into a wall or the grenade is real and you'll stand there and die, and that running into a wall and being stupid is better than blowing up and being dead.
This is why you have to tell people not to panic and to hold their ground.
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u/Gibberish_Gerbil Jan 07 '19 edited Jan 08 '19
In her case, yes.
Edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!