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Virtual reality in a box -
An attempt to build a bridge between the unique view in VR and the two dimensional display on a screen.

Is the third dimension reality or illusion? Why do we try to simulate our perception and what are the concequences? Why are rollercoaster games so popular in VR? "Why does the feeling of throwing up bring up some type of excitment that you don't recieve on a regular day basis? I think it's the twist in the curves, or is it the up in the turn, it is smiling so absolutely wide, it is the feeling of my nerve on the front of the seat. Eyes are open, tears are coming from the thrill of sight, I am moving as fast as the light, laughing for no damn reason and screaming for everything I am. When did feeling sick become equivalent to real? When did neausa become the ex-pill?" (Tarriona Tank Ball - Rollercoaster: Source)

Our sense of balance is what enables us to steer our body through our reality and makes us senstitive for possible physical harm. The sensation of falling and vertigo are fascinating to us, since they stimulate our body to release hormones that create for example an adrenaline rush. VR enables us to experience this without taking a rollercoster ride in RL as our brains make the connection between VR and the sensory memory of what we already sensed before.
A common physiological phenomenon that relates to this connection is the "hypnic jerk" a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment. Physically, hypnic jerks resemble the "jump" experienced by a person when startled, sometimes accompanied by a falling sensation. But while involuntarily falling into a void might be frightning, loosing control on purpose without really getting hurt physically or mentally is amusing for most people.

But how real is the virtual actually? Can we genuinely share our experiences in this space or are we once again merely in a two dimensional simulation which our brain accepts as authentic? Of course we are always only able to see the world from our own gaze. But to me it appears that, in contrary to the believe that VR opens a wide range of new perspectives, the sensation of VR also remains an individual one, which cannot be shared directly with others.
It's remains like the viewangle of ones eye a unique view that can hardly be replicated for others to see and feel. And while digital sharing still mostly happens on devices with screens we lack the ability to emulate the VR-view to share it with others.

In my attempt to share my personal view of VR I thought about how to visualize the world behind the digital, behind the virtual. For me it was neither white or black finitude nor the blue screen of a projector or a green screen. I choose the png file pattern which represents transparency but in reality it is a two dimensional image file which is trying to simulate what it is not. So it is basically a placeholder for what we can't display on screen or in VR: transparency. Using this in VR to build an immersive experience and brining it back on screen symbolizes the tricks that virtual reality and digital screens play with us.

(Reference: VR-Rollercoaster and Code.)