If you don't use your resources, even those you find distasteful, you won't last long. Ask questions if you don't understand.

[he can say this in a nicer way, but he starts explaining even as he continues to tinker with the I.R.I.S. there's no heat to his explanation, like he's just dictating facts]

There is a gravity function at play - gravity is what normally keeps people's feet on the ground. Since we're off earth, it can be turned on and off. The device on your wrist can toggle the functions of not only gravity, but this entire room to look like different spaces.

It's malfunctioning, so it may be too much for a novice, but trying is better than complaining.