Survey: After Using VR, Do You Feel a Matrix-Like Effect?

Some VR users experience a Matrix-like confusion between the real and virtual world, others say it's more like a mild feeling that you're still wearing skates once you're back in shoes -- most others may vary. So here's a survey about a well-known technology device, asking a profoundly philosophical question:

Does the device you just paid hundreds or even thousands of dollars for make you feel (at least for a moment) that you're in the clutches of Descartes' evil deceiver?

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[cyberserenity]

Did that in the beginning. And now got over it.

[Jasmine0Alaya]

I don't really understand what there is to confuse. If one treats VR as a game and confuses it with their 'RL,' I get it. But to me VR is a community and extension of life. It would be like saying I went to the grocery store and after I left I was confused with reality.

[Adeon Writer]

After using a VR headset for about 2 hours, after taking off the headset off, I'll find myself moving about my apartment somewhat cautiously, for fear that I'll bump into the "real" walls of my apartment, under the assumption that I'm still in VR.

The feeling fades quickly.