A lot of virtual reality stories since the dawn of cyberpunk have followed much the same pattern: they’re basically portal fantasies, transporting the users to a different and wonderful world, where danger is real in some poorly-justified way and the interface metaphor is overliteralized for plot purposes.
Actual virtual reality offers some more interesting possibilities, because it seems that the immersiveness makes it easy to shift perception of your own identity in ways that can have enduring psychological effects. Of course, that’s harder to write about.
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How Virtual Reality Can Transform Who You Are
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