TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 13: Members of the media wearing HTC Corp. Vive virtual reality (VR) headsets try the Mario Kart Arcade GP VR attraction at the VR Zone Shinjuku theme park, operated by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., on July 13, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. The park is one of Japan’s largest VR theme parks with 16 VR attractions opening to the public on July 14. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
My friend has vanished, replaced with a six-foot lime-green kitty cat, complete with a square face and claws for hands. Looking down, I see red claws where my palms should be and surmise I’m also feline-shaped, but there’s no time to dwell on this as white blocks are whizzing at my head and I have to smash them or forfeit the game. We work together, dashing to different sides of the platform to destroy the blocks, occasionally bumping knees on a quick crossover. Then my vision dims, and it’s all over. Removing my headset I blink as the gray walls of San Jose’s Eastridge Mall come into focus and the neon colors of Prism Break VR fade away. I’ve been playing in a roped off area next to Sears, jumping around on a piece of carpet. It’s not impressive to look at, but in a way that’s the point, as everything cool happens inside the headset.
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