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The illusion of presence brings with it the sense of someone being here—situated within a body, surrounded by a real world. Virtual reality merely simulates that structure, shifting the illusion from here to there. But both rest on the same foundation: the false sense that there is someone who is present somewhere. Whether the apparent setting is physical or digital makes no difference—what appears is still just appearance, and the one felt to be within it is only a dream. All location is imaginary, and all presence is illusory. There is no one here, and no one there—only this, inhabited by no one.