[quote quote=843]I spend a lot of free time in VR and some of the cool things are meeting up with friends around the world to shoot some pool, play paintball, watch Netflix or go see Reggie Watts at a virtual comedy theater. One concept in VR is teleporting. In order to get from one place to another in a large world, you point to where you want to go, press a button and your “body” travels to that location. One day after a few hours in VR, I went upstairs to the fridge to grab a beer. I closed the fridge door, pointed my finger at the couch in my living room and pressed a non-existent button. Confused as to why I was’t moving, my wife yells out “Did you just try to teleport you fuckin’ idiot?!!?”[/quote]

That’s funny, but some astronauts have found the same thing coming back to Earth after a long time in space. Their wife will ask them to e.g. pass the remote and they’ll say “Sure!” pick up the remote in one hand and “waft” it gently towards them as if it were weightless.

Of course, it falls right on the floor at their feet instead. If someone with the calibre of an astronaut takes time to adjust between different environments, us regular schlubs don’t stand a chance 😀

What’s really interesting is that you presumably don’t have this kind of lapse after using a monitor to play or socialise, but you do experience it after being in VR.