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Users Feeling 'Stuck in Virtual Reality' After Removing Their Headset is a Rare but Real Phenomenon (www.roadtovr.com)
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You don’t have to look far to find reports of people who have used VR headsets and then felt ‘off’ after removing them. While motion sickness is surely the most well-known post-VR symptom, a subset of people say they have experienced feelings of being ‘stuck in VR’ after taking off their headsets. It’s tempting to brush off such reports as someone having seen The Matrix (1999) one too many times, but it turns out there is a clear scientific basis for the sensation.

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[–] dodos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for clarifying, that makes a lot more sense (although still personally hard to believe. I feel like there would need to be a better immersion of all senses for that to occur). Kind of reminds me of Cotard's syndrome.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

what i can totally see happening is e.g. playing half life alyx a bunch, then when you wake up in the morning you try to pull something toward you and go "oh god did i just do that? maybe i should play another game for a while.."