He didn't just see the 8K world. He felt the cold vacuum of the nebula pull at his skin.
Suddenly, the "gas" wasn't just color. It was texture. He could see the individual grains of stardust, each one refracting light differently. He leaned in until his forehead nearly touched the glass. In the corner of the frame, tucked behind a pillar of fire, he saw it: a reflection. It wasn't a glitch. It was a window. 3840x2160 ultra HD wallpaper 8k resolution 7680...
With a final, silent pop of electricity, the room went black. When the emergency lights kicked in, the chair was empty. On the monitor, the wallpaper had changed. The nebula was gone. He didn't just see the 8K world