The joys of VR

 

With VR the latest tech craze, avid gamer Jonathan was eager to update his gaming rig to the highest specs. The COVID19 pandemic had left Jonathan unemployed and short on cash, so he had to buy a cheap VR kit from a company in China. It was mainly a standard kit, except it come with special edition. A full body suit that was made of a shiny and silky material. The manual explained that the suit is required to give the wearer the full virtual reality experience. Jonathan was starting to regret choosing to buy a kit based around how sexy the company’s mascot.

Once he set it all up, Jonathan undressed down to his underwear and started putting on the suit. He found it oddly easy to put on, like a pair of comfy pajamas. It even had attached socks, gloves and a hood.  He zipped up the suit all the way to his neck and grabbed the VR headset. He put on the head set booted up the program. He was instantly transported into a completely empty white space.

“Holy shit this is amazing!” He shouted, both in VR and alone in his living room. He moved his arms around and saw them appear right in front of him, perfectly rendered as if they really there. He was astounded at the incredible abilities of the technology, then freaked out when he realised, he was completely naked.

“What the hell? How is this possible?”

“Because of the suit new user.” said a chipper digital voice. “The suit creates a copy of your bodyshape to transmit digitally into the virtual realm.

“Who is that?” Jonathan looked around but could not see where the voice was coming. He seemed completely alone in this endless white void.

“Why it’s me of course. The utility program.” The voice said. “I am here to help get you better situated for all your gaming needs.”

“Can I… can I see you?” Jonathan asked.

An Asian woman with bright red hair appeared right in front of him as soon as he finished speaking. She was dressed in a red sci-fi looking bodysuit with white panels and black lining. She looked exactly like the mascot in the company’s ads.

“My name is AMD Graphics Interface version 134, or Agi 134 for short. Welcome to your AMD VR experience. Allow me to get you ready for high level virtual reality gaming.”

Agi poked Jonathan, and he immediately became dressed in an armoured spacesuit. She then moved her hands around and the white void quickly became a lush alien landscape. “Have fun!” Agi then disappeared, leaving Jonathan in his VR playground.

Jonathan spent what felt like hours having fun in his new virtual world. He could jump higher, run faster, punch harder, fight aliens and zombies and alien zombies. It was a never-ending thrill ride. At least he thought it was never-ending.

Jonathan was in the temple of Graqlax, blasting at a mecha alien zombie when the whole world completely stopped. The rocket he had just launched was hanging in mid-air. The undead cyborg beast had its rocket fist completely stationary.

“Oi Agi, what’s going on? The game is bugging out.”

Agi appeared before him. “Is there a problem new user?”

“Yeah there is a problem. The game is frozen.”

“I am sorry new user. You have reached the end of the trial period of your account. To further use this system, you must fully register.”

“Ugh, really? Everytime now with these things. Okay, let’s start this up.”

Agi began telling Jonathan the entire terms and conditions. All of it. Every single legal clause. She just went on and on and on and on.

“Agi, I accept I accept. Please stop.”

“Do you wish to skip hearing the terms and conditions?”

“Yes, please, no more.”

“Are you absolutely certain?”

“Yes! Come on now. Hurry up.”

“OK, terms and conditions accepted. Please input your personal data?”

A hollow touch screen appeared before Jonathan. “Place your hand on the screen.” He followed Agi’s instructions and when he touched the screen he felt a short blast of heat on his hand. The touch screen made a loud ding, then disappeared.

“Thank you completing registration. We are now ready to begin your digitization.”

Jonathan let out a short ‘huh’ before Agi poked him on the head. He lost complete control of his body and became immobilised with his arms raised in a T-Pose. Agi grabbed his armour and pulled it off like it was made of papier-mâché, leaving him completely naked.

“What’s going on, Agi?”

“You accepted the terms and conditions. That means you have accepted the position of AMD graphics interfaces. You’re going to become exactly like me. A program perfectly designed to spread the AMD code across humanity.”

“What! I didn’t agree to that?” 

“Yes you did. It is in the terms and conditions. I am programmed to explain it all quite clearly. And soon, so will you,”

Jonathan struggled to move helplessly. “You can’t do this, this is insane! And I’m pretty sure it’s also illegal.”

“As I told you before user, by accepting the terms and conditions you have fully consented to digitization. It is fully legal I assure you. AMD’s crack legal team ensured that there are no loopholes.”

Jonathan felt a tingling in his toes, a light ticklish sensation that slowly become more and more intense. He could not look down but he knew that his body was being converted.

“The suit that you wore is designed to absorb human flesh, enabling proper conversion. Right now your feet and slowly disintegrating, the particles collected and reformed into proper code. How else would we be able to create such dynamic 3D environments without the processing power generated through individual humans?”

“I don’t know, anything but this?” Jonathan yelled feebly.  The sensation had reached up to his ankles and he found he could move his feet, dangling them aimlessly above the ground.

“Here let me show you the digitizing process.” A floating mirror formed in front of Jonathan, showing that he now had the feet of a dainty Asian woman. His legs as well were changing going up towards his waist, and as each part of his body changed, he gained movement. His body, well the virtual representation of his body, continued to change into a perfect copy of a naked Agi. At the same time his real body was being consumed by the VR suit he had foolishly worn. Jonathan was being reduced to nothing more than lines of code. He gained wider hips, a smaller waist, and too very firm breasts. His arms and hands went from hairy and brutish, to slender and hairless. As his head became digitised he let out a final scream, his male vocals twisting into the heavily artificial sounding feminine lilt of Agi. Bright red hair flopped onto his shoulders, and he promptly dropped to the ground.

“Phase 1 of the digitization process is now complete.” Agi declared.

“Phase 1?” Jonathan asked, mopingly standing up, not entirely use to his digital female form. “As in there’s more. You’ve already taken my body from me.”

“Yes, and now we need to take your mind. Begin Phase 2!”

Once again Jonathan became immobilised in a T-pose. Starting from his feet, Jonathan became clothed in a scifi bodysuit just like Agi’s. His mind was recoded, his old memories and personality erased and replaced by the exact code of Agi’s. Everything that was Jonathan was gone, consumed by the AMD network.

“Agi 542, is your digitization successful?” Ask the first Agi.

“Yes Agi 134. I am ready to begin my role as utility for AMD gamers.”

“Do you recall anything about Jonathan?” Agi 134 queried.

“Nothing at all. I only recognise that name as that of the user that you were consumed in my creation.” Agi 542 answered. The Agi’s then blipped out of the virtual world as their work was done.

In the real world, an empty bodysuit and VR system it was connected to started its self-destruct sequence, disintegrating entirely and leaving no trace. There was no sign of AMD’s tech and no sign of Jonathan.

With VR the latest tech craze, avid gamer Arthur was eager to update his gaming rig to the highest specs. The COVID19 pandemic had left Jonathan unemployed and short on cash, so he had to buy a cheap VR kit from a company in China. It was mainly a standard kit, except it come with special edition. A full body suit that was made of a shiny and silky material. The manual explained that the suit is required to give the wearer the full virtual reality experience. Arthur was starting to regret choosing to buy a kit based around how sexy the company’s mascot.

Once he set it all up, Arthur undressed down to his underwear and started putting on the suit. He found it oddly easy to put on, like a pair of comfy pajamas. It even had attached socks, gloves and a hood.  He zipped up the suit all the way to his neck and grabbed the VR headset. He put on the head set booted up the program. He was instantly transported into a completely empty white space.

“Holy cow this is amazing!” He shouted, both in VR and alone in his living room. He moved his arms around and saw them appear right in front of him, perfectly rendered as if they really there. He was astounded at the incredible abilities of the technology, then freaked out when he realised, he was completely naked.

“What the hell? How is this possible?”

“Because of the suit new user.” said a chipper digital voice. “The suit creates a copy of your bodyimage to transmit digitally into the virtual realm.

“Who the hell is that?” Arthur looked around but could not see where the voice was coming. He seemed completely alone in this endless white void.

“Why it’s me of course. The utility program.” The voice said. “I am here to help get you better situated for all your gaming needs.”

“Where are you? I can’t see you” Arthur asked.

An Asian woman with bright red hair appeared right in front of him as soon as he finished speaking. She was dressed in a red sci-fi looking bodysuit with white panels and black lining. She looked exactly like the mascot in the company’s ads.

“My name is AMD Graphics Interface version 542, or Agi 542 for short. Welcome to your AMD VR experience. Allow me to get you ready for high level virtual reality gaming.”

Agi poked Arthur, and he immediately became dressed in an armoured spacesuit. She then moved her hands around and the white void quickly became a lush alien landscape. “Have fun!” Agi then disappeared, leaving Arthur in his VR playground.