This is someone else's conversation. Panicked indignation doesn't jump to rescue her from the mishap. Erika just sits, feeling stunned and kind of bad and waiting for the mistake to pass and be forgotten.
An escape hatch waggles at her, coyly.]
Yeah. That's how modding - VR, virtual reality avatar modding works the same way. The sensory map can have nonstandard inputs and the user doesn't notice the discrepancy until reconciliation at logout. Generally. In realtime it feels natural because the real-world frame of reference isn't involved in forming memories of the experience. Once the memories are ported back to the brain, the information is preserved, but it's corrected until readable. So what usually happens is ability to recall individual moments or pieces of information but not the experience as a whole.
[She fidgets absently with her hands, rubbing one thumb over the other thumb's nail and continuing to watch Venus' wings instead of her face.
Maybe if she keeps talking they'll get further and further away from the thing she wants to ignore, Erika thinks, pausing to scramble for more information.]
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This is someone else's conversation. Panicked indignation doesn't jump to rescue her from the mishap. Erika just sits, feeling stunned and kind of bad and waiting for the mistake to pass and be forgotten.
An escape hatch waggles at her, coyly.]
Yeah. That's how modding - VR, virtual reality avatar modding works the same way. The sensory map can have nonstandard inputs and the user doesn't notice the discrepancy until reconciliation at logout. Generally. In realtime it feels natural because the real-world frame of reference isn't involved in forming memories of the experience. Once the memories are ported back to the brain, the information is preserved, but it's corrected until readable. So what usually happens is ability to recall individual moments or pieces of information but not the experience as a whole.
[She fidgets absently with her hands, rubbing one thumb over the other thumb's nail and continuing to watch Venus' wings instead of her face.
Maybe if she keeps talking they'll get further and further away from the thing she wants to ignore, Erika thinks, pausing to scramble for more information.]