your visual system is finely tuned to be able to judge things like "how far away is that child in the crosswalk?" you possess an internal IMU that provides ins

your visual system is finely tuned to be able to judge things like "how far away is that child in the crosswalk?" you possess an internal IMU that provides instant and accurate feedback on acceleration and rotation. you lose out on both of those when you perceive the world through any kind of display, whether that be a screen or even a VR headset. think about your field of view when you look out the windshield of a car. including peripheral vision that's a 150° field of view. compress that fov to a screen, even a really good one. maybe three of them set side by side. can you still make out a street sign with 6" tall text from 200 feet away?