[Dist lets that roll off his tongue as he considers that theory. He had not once considered it since that sort of thing doesn't exist in his home world, but this boy's reasoning explains the time lapses well enough. A technical glitch certainly could cause such a thing to happen. However...]
My only concern with that idea is why would the people behind such a program need people from other worlds to participate in order to test it? That is an awful amount of trouble to go through for such a thing. Not only would they need to develop a highly-functioning virtual reality world, they would also need a way to connect all of us. That would require bringing this technology to many different worlds or creating a device to transport us all to a single location.
That said, your second hypothesis seems the more likely of the two. Though there certainly has to be a reason for it to happen. Some sort of trigger...
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[Dist lets that roll off his tongue as he considers that theory. He had not once considered it since that sort of thing doesn't exist in his home world, but this boy's reasoning explains the time lapses well enough. A technical glitch certainly could cause such a thing to happen. However...]
My only concern with that idea is why would the people behind such a program need people from other worlds to participate in order to test it? That is an awful amount of trouble to go through for such a thing. Not only would they need to develop a highly-functioning virtual reality world, they would also need a way to connect all of us. That would require bringing this technology to many different worlds or creating a device to transport us all to a single location.
That said, your second hypothesis seems the more likely of the two. Though there certainly has to be a reason for it to happen. Some sort of trigger...