Have you interacted with virtual reality via a computer-simulated environment, real or imaginary?

Question

Even to the point where your body is drawn into that environment? And/or where you experience sight, sound, and feelings using your own mind to create and control everything, even producing your own vrtual reality experiences rather than the programmed ones?

Answer 1

Sometimes. I bet that your brain is hardwired to respond to a video game the way it would to the rest of the world.

Sometimes in a game or simulation, when I jump off of something I often feel as if I'm in freefall. There's a momentary sense of terror, like "Oh God, I'm falling!!!" and I feel the sensation in the pit of my stomach.

But I haven't influenced the game to do something other than what it was programmed to do (unless you count cheat codes). Sometimes I have experienced some really weird glitches that I couldn't manage to duplicate, but that probably doesn't count.

Answer 2

Yes, definitly, playing counter strike. 'The Lawnmower Man' or 'Matrix' type virtual reality isnt nessessary to get drawn into a game like Counter Strike, or any of the newer Car games which have the first person perspective. Although we could technically do such a thing, it would not be practical for everyday use. But surgical implants can allow blind people to see through cameras in low resolution, the same way a game could be pumped directly into the mind. The technology is there, but would you get surgical implants in your brain to play a game?

Answer 3

Nearly.  I've never used the expensive virtual reality stuff you see on gadget shows, but, I find that this happens when playing great games on my computer.  Have you never experienced (despite the fact that you're using only a joystick) swinging your body to the left and right as say your plane goes into a dive or your car moves around in a race.  The ability of putting yourself into the gameplay is what makes the game exciting - I suspect it's instinctual to make you a better warrior or something.

Similar things happen with books, movies and dramas -  I think it's called drawing in the audience.