Oculus miffed: when VR is so immersive you fall flat on your face

Man aptly demonstrates power of immersive virtual reality by face-planting on flat ground as his avatar tumbles from a cliff

Virtual reality is the future, they say. If that's true, it'll be filled with people falling to the floor for no reason beyond their eyes telling them they should, fooled by some screens strapped to their face.

In a video that has gone viral across Facebook, posted by Jukin Media, watched by around 12 million people and shared by Star Trek actor and social media star George Takei, a man demonstrates the power of VR by face-planting in an Oculus Rift headset experience.