The Oculus Quest 2 Is No Escape From the Hell of 2020

Virtual reality promises something it cannot deliver

Image: Sebastian Cestaro

I feel a little dizzy. It’s 11:52 a.m., and I’m in VR Chat talking to a stranger who tells me he’s “just hopping worlds.” A crude virtual campsite surrounds us — polygonal blue shrooms, some seven-feet tall, glowing in the synthetic dusk — and I lift my little plastic controllers to…