To my understanding he is unconscious, the image the viewers and us watch about him in the capsule is his conscious in a physical form, pretty much like the time he played with the other guy and at the start they got the number that helped his brain play better. So his conscious of the game and his conscious of the capsule are different. But I obviously could be wrong
Indeed there was a detail like that ! This should appease my brain thank you
think of that apple vision pro but capsule LOLOLOL
But I still can’t figure out the whole “capsule system, while simultaneously being conscious and showing your face to viewers”. Logically, you either project your consciousness fully into the game, leaving your real body in a dormant state within the capsule, or like most VR games you have a headpiece, sensors and controllers and your avatar moves as your real body does. But here it seems to be neither since he’s motionless within the capsule. It bothers me because the whole story is about him living through the game with his real life motor skills.