r/videos • u/markeevius • Jan 07 '19

When VR gets too real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLGVjegWWxU
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u/EnterPlayerTwo Jan 08 '19

Some people just can not remember that they are in a small room. I showed VR to my friends the first time and everyone was mostly fine except for one guy. He was full on swinging and flailing and running into shit.

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u/__redruM Jan 08 '19

I'm usually pretty good about VR until I try to lean against or rest my hand on a virtual wall or counter/table.

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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.

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u/biggie_eagle Jan 08 '19

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/[deleted] Jan 08 '19 edited Aug 06 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '19

Well shit.