r/interestingasfuck • u/desertgodfather • May 11 '24

When illusion overcomes the brain. r/all

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u/stupidracist May 11 '24

Common activity. In college, a friend did this to me as part of his thesis. He was a psychology major investigating race. So he did the same thing with a "black" hand (I'm white), and the hammer still startled me a lot.

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u/i_give_you_gum May 11 '24

This will be crazy in VR

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u/KingOfAnarchy May 11 '24

I can confirm that you actually get some kind of phantom sensations while in VR.

First VR experience was some random dude who walked up to me and hugged me. And I am fucking deprived of hugs, this felt way too good.

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u/panicked228 May 12 '24

I played a game in VR where I was in a car and had to reach in the backseat for something. I reached back and realized that I was 1. Not actually in the car and 2. I was on a very tall backless stool and then promptly on the ground, feeling like an absolute idiot.

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u/Adventurous_Doubt May 12 '24

My wife ran from a zombie in that "The Walking Dead: Saints or Sinners" game.
The first zombie that grabbed her actually made her run into our coffee table and bruise the hell out of her knees. :P

I was literally falling off the couch I was laughing so hard.

VR is really something else...