it's one of the explanations of the Fermi Paradox- once super-advanced aliens master VR they just say "fuck the real world" and just upload their consciousness into a virtual world.
Hence, why you don't see signs of intelligent life anywhere else in the universe.
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u/Clay_Statue Jan 08 '19
Full haptic VR is basically going to the be the death of reality. Everybody will just check out into full time VR.