The Simulacrum of Digital Relationships

Just as real relationships become more and more artificial, virtual alternatives become more and more realistic. The image of a relationship is in the mind and the mind is eager to believe in comforting illusions:
Virtually edited characters creating a family-like environment and artificial worlds of pleasure and comfort, free of flaws and connections to the real world. VRchat showcases how little virtual reality needs to permanently alter social interaction.
Are we going to experience a huge cultural shift where most relationships become digital simulacra?

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Well, the question of whether the universe is fundamentally quantized is interesting and all, but I still maintain that a finite set of points with finite resolution will never be equivalent to a mathematically ideal continuous surface.