A V-suit is a virtual reality suit that gamers use when playing games like Three-Body. The V-suit allows gamers to feel game temperatures as if they are really experiencing them, an especially important feature for Three-Body players who want to get a real sense of the extreme heat and cold in a Trisolaran Chaotic Era.
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V-suit Term Timeline in The Three-Body Problem
The timeline below shows where the term V-suit appears in The Three-Body Problem. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6. The Shooter and the Farmer
When Wang enters, he sees that Shen is wearing a V-suit, which is a kind of virtual reality suit that allows players to feel physical sensations...
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Chapter 7. Three Body: King Wen of Zhou and the Long Night
...Yufei and the video game she was playing on www.3body.net. He decides to grab a V-suit from his office and play the game himself. He logs on with the ID “Hairen.”
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As soon as Wang enters the game, he feels his V-suit turn cold. The landscape appears deserted and barren until two men approach and introduce themselves....
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Chapter 11. Three Body: Mozi and the Fiery Flames
On his way home, Wang buys a V-suit, and as soon as his wife is asleep, he logs back in to Three Body....
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...and Wang gets a message encouraging him to log on again. Wang takes off his V-suit, troubled by the notion that Three Body is somehow more real than reality. He muses...
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