ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Hyperreality

Hyperreality is when something feels so real that we start to forget that it's not actually real. If a movie feels so real that we forget it's just a movie, that's an example of hyperreality. Another example is virtual reality, when an experience feels so real that we forget it's just a computer-generated world. Hyperreality can also happen when something online feels so real, like an online game or a virtual world, that we forget it's not real life.