Spend enough time in virtual worlds, especially (near-) photo realistic ones, and for some people, what's real / what's virtual may start to blur. Or aspects from the game leak into real life. Creepy indeed.
Although not quite what's discussed in the article, reminds me of the movie eXistenZ (1999). Well worth a watch if you don't know this one.
I dream vividly and extensively every night such that sometimes my memories of the dream content start to displace older real memories
Spend enough time in virtual worlds, especially (near-) photo realistic ones, and for some people, what's real / what's virtual may start to blur. Or aspects from the game leak into real life. Creepy indeed.
Although not quite what's discussed in the article, reminds me of the movie eXistenZ (1999). Well worth a watch if you don't know this one.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/
A while back, I saw "Pervasive Games" in the bookstore and bought it.
Pervasive Games 2009
Edited by: Markus Montola, Jaakko Stenros and Annika Waern
Description:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123748539/pervasive-g...
Reviews:
https://pervasivegames.wordpress.com/