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Don't get me wrong, I welcome the day that something like what you are talking about is available. It may certainly be cheaper than a "real vacation" in the long run. I was just taking the idea to the extreme in order to obtusely answer the question, "What advantage does real life provide?"
I think the real answer is moot, since if you are perfectly fooling the brain then there's no advantage of one over the other. However, if you are aware that the simulacrum is controlled (by yourself) then the brain can't be fooled; unless you have an extreme "god complex" and you are being God in your own world and even then there's still the question as to whether the brain would actually be fooled.
I suppose that if all of the above were possible then you could shut off the part of the brain with the memory that the world is not real. But then you'd be at the mercy of outsiders again. What if someone physically entered the room where you were enjoying this virtual world and could access whatever machine your were connected to? They'd have to first bypass those proximity detectors that you set up, of course
The one advantage of the real world is that, for the most part, you know when you're being fucked with.
(The explanation of evolution was not really an explanation at all, it was an example to get my point across.)
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