It depends on what kind of software, what kind of engine would be running. If this is a test-run or if the flaws and bugs have been worked out. Right now the only tells are merely circumstantial--many people from all walks of life suddenly waking up in some form of space station nobody's heard of with no memory of getting here. These things strapped into our arms, they could be a way to help interact with a virtual world and to keep us tethered to it.
But beyond the circumstantial, then there are always going to be limits to a virtual world. Places the players aren't allowed to go--although in a contained space like this must be, we may not run into the issue of 'invisible walls'. Limits to what you can do--such as items detailed in the rules. [With a brief lifting of the PIP.] Perhaps fiddling with this is something they've discovered might corrupt or break the game, disrupt a player's connection to it. There may be glitches that occasionally make something display or act oddly or outside of parameters.
Unfortunately, so far, the simulations I have been in have been extremely apparent, either from a shifting landscape or by virtue of being a fantasy world. Even NPCs might have enough of an AI that you may not run into the issue of repeating dialogue or the hard end of a dialogue tree. We're going to have to do plenty of experimenting, see just how detailed this all is. Do the books in the library contain readable data? Do the games in the game room all allow you to play them? I find it hard to believe someone would get the rights to an extensive movie library, but given this whole act might be illegal to begin with... [A shrug.]
Someone has so far gone through an incredible amount of trouble to make this seem real, even for a science-fiction bend. If I'm wrong about it being a simulation, I will graciously apologize for my error. [no he won't] But from personal experience, it seems not just a possibility, but the most likely possibility thusfar.
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But beyond the circumstantial, then there are always going to be limits to a virtual world. Places the players aren't allowed to go--although in a contained space like this must be, we may not run into the issue of 'invisible walls'. Limits to what you can do--such as items detailed in the rules. [With a brief lifting of the PIP.] Perhaps fiddling with this is something they've discovered might corrupt or break the game, disrupt a player's connection to it. There may be glitches that occasionally make something display or act oddly or outside of parameters.
Unfortunately, so far, the simulations I have been in have been extremely apparent, either from a shifting landscape or by virtue of being a fantasy world. Even NPCs might have enough of an AI that you may not run into the issue of repeating dialogue or the hard end of a dialogue tree. We're going to have to do plenty of experimenting, see just how detailed this all is. Do the books in the library contain readable data? Do the games in the game room all allow you to play them? I find it hard to believe someone would get the rights to an extensive movie library, but given this whole act might be illegal to begin with... [A shrug.]
Someone has so far gone through an incredible amount of trouble to make this seem real, even for a science-fiction bend. If I'm wrong about it being a simulation, I will graciously apologize for my error. [no he won't] But from personal experience, it seems not just a possibility, but the most likely possibility thusfar.