Of course the irony is that being "outside" is actually watching a live video recording of it from outer cameras on a screen in front of your face.

I'm not necessarily criticizing that - more thinking that we're likely approaching a fidelity threshold where you no longer care it's a screen (I still don't think we're quite there yet and suspect this is just one gen before the device that will survive the few months in VR great filter).

Okay but sight isn’t everything, your body is still outside

yes, but isn't part of what makes being outside nice is some measure of sunlight on your eyes?

Personally, it's more the sun on my skin that's pleasant.

Eh, I’m usually in fairly dark sunglasses anyway. Trying to hold the worst of the cataracts off until my 70s if I can.