Descriptive Essay On The Virtual World

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Monday, 6:00, I woke up from my virtual reality pod and did my morning routine. 6:45, commuted to work and on my way, I stopped by at a nearby cafe and bought myself a sandwich and a coffee. 7:30, arrived at work 30 minutes early, went to my desk and put on my portable virtual reality headset to play games while I wait. While playing, the eject button on my headset was pressed and I was immediatelly taken back to reality. My manager who was now standing in front me welcomed me back in the real world with a look of tiredness and disappointment in his face. "8:27, Again?" He said to me after looking at his watch to check the time. "Sorry." I replied. "You already know the penalty. Get to work." He said as he sighed and went on …show more content…

I ate and prepared the things I needed for my weekend VR gaming marathon. I found nothing by the way. This is all there is to it... Nothing more. 14:00, in my virtual room, it's not much, it's just the regular empty white room provided to everyone who have access to the virtual world. People can choose to customize it however they like. I'm not really into interior decorating and stuff so I just left it as is, besides, I mostly spend my time on game worlds rather than stay here. I called up the menu inside my mind and browsed the library of games I have. These stuff doesn't really interest me anymore. Maybe I should buy a new game or two? Hopefully, something that could spice up my life even for just a little bit. While browsing the online store, an advertisement for a game called 'Void Wars' obstructed my view. The cover picture shows a silhouette of a man facing something like a massive blackhole. Black and purple colors were mostly used to give that dark and mysterious feeling. It's pretty cliche if you ask me. The thing that really got my attention though were their taglines. [Are you feeling empty? Do you want to be …show more content…

Normally, I only see warnings like this for mature games asking for the age of the user. It's the first time I've seen a game asking for something like this. Is this a new thing? They're really going for that myterious and earie theme I guess. Taking the question seriously, yes, I guess I would still be willing, if I can really be 'filled'. I clicked yes. [This is your last warning! Enter the Void?] Again? Let's just get it over with already. I clicked yes once again and then the menu suddenly collapsed and closed itself. What the? After a while of confusion, a weird dark miasma started filling the room. Is this a virus? I tried to log out but the menu is not working anymore. The emergency exit is not working as well. All I could do was watch until the white room completely turned earie and dark. This looks really similar to the cover picture of that 'Void Wars' game just now minus the blackhole. I haven't even bought it yet. What's happening? At this point, I was already feeling a bit scared. My body felt sweaty and heavy which is strange because I was 'not' supposed to be feeling these kind of things in virtual reality. This feeling, it's unsettlingly familiar. It's like I'm actually here. What kind of immersion is this? A message then popped up in my mind which somehow made me organize my chaotic

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