I think that you are raising valuable questions at the end. There are open world games example “second life” where people are already confused between reality and the game world and I’m sure giving them the opportunity to now be in the world without having to look at a computer screen might be the tipping point for them.

Kind of reminds me of the movie “Inception” where people prefer to dreaming instead of living in reality. Their dream becomes their reality. Mmmmm makes you think, getting closer to the “Matrix”