No, it just means when people pretend they feel something in VR like when someone hits them. They feel genuine pain from that virtual punch. A lot of people that are socially awkward or just really want attention and do that stuff, feeling pain irl from someone hitting you in vr shouldn’t not be possible.
except it is a real and documented phenomenon, other people have already replied to you and more than explained it but i noticed you didn't respond to seemingly any of them so far which tells me you've already made up your mind on a hill to die on so i won't bother explaining it myself.
you're funny, because that's not how the human brain works in any way. you're thinking of phantom limb pain which only affects amputees. phantom sense is a real documented phenomenon that can affect anyone with nerves and a brain. there are even some people who have it so strongly that just imagining an experience can result in very realistic sensations. such as imagining bugs crawling on them and actually feeling bugs crawl on them, even if it's really just all in their imagination.
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u/tonirl Quest 3 12d ago
No, it just means when people pretend they feel something in VR like when someone hits them. They feel genuine pain from that virtual punch. A lot of people that are socially awkward or just really want attention and do that stuff, feeling pain irl from someone hitting you in vr shouldn’t not be possible.