Mother reunites with lost child in VR – Relief or business on pain?

Last week a Korean special called “Meeting You” aired, and was instantly known not only to viewers at home but also around the world. The show narrates the painful journey of a family when their 7-year-old daughter died of illness. But viewers’ attention is focused on the end of the show when the mother meets her lost daughter in the VR world.
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Created using 3D models, the 7-year-old girl made her mother tremble with tears when she first met her after a painful death. In the translation shared by the community, the emotion can be clearly felt through each word:.

Mother: …Where are you?
Nayeon (Daughter’s name): Mommy! Mommy! Where was mom..?
Mother: Mom.. mom always..
Nayeon: Mom, do you think about me?
Mother: Every day baby.
Nayeon: Mom, I miss you so much.
Mother: I miss you so much (The mother tries to touch Nayeon). Mommy’s Nayeon… How are you? Mom wants to meet you. Nayeon, are you okay? Mom’s beautiful Nayeon. I miss Nayeon hugging me so much..
Nayeon: Mom, am I pretty?
Mother: Have a child. You are so pretty, my Nayeon.
Nayeon: I want to hug you again..

Witnessing the reunion between virtual and real, everyone must have shed tears. Indeed, technology has come a long way and now allows people to fulfill wishes that perhaps only a few years ago were still an illusion. But is the result that it brings really good, can the mother overcome the pain of losing her child and let her continue to live her life?
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Contrary to the initial positive feedback, many comments on the forums said that the program for the mother to see her child again in VR will only make the old pain worse. Some think it’s all just a temporary painkiller, and when the medicine wears off, the pain will return, even more severe than when the mother knows that she can’t see Nayeon in the future. VR forever. Of course, the Nayeon we see in VR is not the real Nayeon, simply a 3D model that mimics the actor’s movements. That model has no past, no personality, no soul, no 7 years of memories with the mother. The model is just a flawed copy, trying to reproduce a certain moment on television.

But facing the opportunity to meet her “child” she died in the past, the mother did not care about it… simply because the pain of losing her child and the desire to see Nayeon again was too great. I wonder if any of them, if they were in that situation, would take the first chance to see their lost loved ones again? Of course there is. No one refuses the opportunity to see, to speak, to meet, to touch the people they once loved so much. But longing is one thing and fulfilling that desire is another story.

Anyway, the people who made the Meeting You program have finally led the mother to her “child” in the VR world… whatever their intentions may not be very good for cam.
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Many people believe that the creators of this program have crossed moral boundaries and exploited the emotions of both insiders and audiences. Let’s face the truth and ask yourself that after this show, if that mother could no longer see her daughter in VR, how would she feel? Of course, her family doesn’t have a crew to film or program specifically for meeting “daughters” in the virtual world. Of course, she will have to continue living with the pain dug up by the showrunners, who use a mother’s tragedy to bring tears to her eyes.

Even if she gets to see Nayeon in VR every day, what if she can’t distinguish between what’s virtual and what’s real? What if the lost image of Nayeon really was erased because of some 3D model programmed by the computer? How will she consider that VR image to be a real Nayeon who has returned to her?

There are too many questions after the Korean program Meeting You. On the surface, viewers easily shed tears because of the emotional reunion and perhaps the most unique in television history. But deep inside, the mother’s pain of losing a child will definitely be even more deeply imprinted in her heart because a certain program only cares about audience effects and does not care about the consequences later.
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