What is going on everyone and welcome to R-slash today I effed up.

Now, in today's first story, some unfortunate dude playing a game in virtual reality

accidentally steps outside his real-life boundaries, causing him to go to hospital.

Today, I effed up by playing VR.

So, I recently replaced my poorly functioning Oculus Rift CV1 with a Quest 2.

Facebook-driven privacy issues aside, I've been desperate for a headset I can afford, and that

would actually work.

For those who don't have experience with these devices, I will say that the CV1 is wired

and dependent upon a capable gaming PC while the Quest 2 is natively wireless with the option to hook up to the PC for added power.

Let me tell you, it is very easy to get use of the inherent mobility restrictions of being tethered to a PC and even easier to get carried away in your play area when you transition to wireless.

But the boundaries do not

suddenly change. Last weekend, I was getting really into Echo VR, which is essentially a team-based

3D Ultimate Frisbee game. You and your team fly around in a zero-g arena with the objective

of throwing a disc into a goal past the opposing players.

Higher score wins pretty straightforward.

After a few drinks and perhaps a bit of that jazz cabbage, I'm pretty well immersed in this virtual escape. I'm having a good time shooting stuff with other players, getting a light

workout, jumping around my office, playing virtual frisbee soccer, the game is nearing the end the disc comes my way

i lunch for it and i'm startled out of my virtual revelry by an impact and the sound of crashing glass

f i knocked over my water glass and shattered it better jump out of this game and clean this up my

sleeping girlfriend is going to roll her eyes in the morning

if she didn't wake up from the clatter. I rip off my headset and I'm greeted by a murder scene

instead of a minor flood. It turns out that the sound of crashing glass was not a fallen water

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