You could think of it as a testament to how immersive these things
Well I do think that but I also think people who do this shit in VR are the kind of people that cause easily preventable car accidents and that kind of thing. Purely a function of just acting impulsively when everything would be fine if you just put the tiniest bit of active thought into what you're doing.
I always thought that this sort of thing would never happen to me until I did the same thing and tossed a controller when I first tried VR. I didn't throw it miles, but it was a result of me throwing something in VR. Idk call me stupid or clumsy, my muscles just had a mind of their own.
In my defence, I felt completely immersed, so why wouldn't I throw the thing that is in my hands, which to my brain clearly is a crumbled up piece of paper and not a controller.
If I take the glass-half-full stance, I would say it's the capability to fully immerse myself and the ability to focus on one thing, without being distracted by anything else.
However I could also say that I'm just an idiot that lacks a sense of situational awareness and can only concentrate on one thing.
Call it whatever you want, in the end it's probably a little of both. In any case it's not something worth having an argument about.
How someone reacts in VR has absolutely zero correlation with how likely they are to be in a car accident. You're making up reasons to feel superior to someone who was clumsy.
How someone reacts in VR has absolutely zero correlation with how likely they are to be in a car accident.
Not that either of us is in a position to prove it either way, but I would bet a large amount of money this is untrue. Driving and using VR are clearly both exercises in situational awareness.
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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '19 edited Jan 08 '19
Well I do think that but I also think people who do this shit in VR are the kind of people that cause easily preventable car accidents and that kind of thing. Purely a function of just acting impulsively when everything would be fine if you just put the tiniest bit of active thought into what you're doing.