not necessarily disagreeing with you just providing my personal experience/perspective/knowledge, there is a very tangible sense of proprioception in VRChat. it kept me sane during lockdown.

there is also a study (I can dig up if anyone’s interested) that shows that your brain stores memories experienced in VR in a way that it doesn’t with flat screen gaming.

now meta horizons was an absolute disaster and I don’t know where that blame lies, it’s strange that despite everyone in VRChat being An Anime you can apply a level of suspension of disbelief and it really does feel like you’re sharing the space with other people.