How similar are virtual reality and the hyperlink?

After reading about Hershman's work, I had this question. When she discusses Lorna's room inside the virtual reality, it is the same idea as Borroughs had with the hyperlink- completely non-linear and controled by the viewer. I thought this was a cool connection simply because of how much more complex virtual reality is vs. a simple line of blue text we know as a link. Though one is so much more complex, they are based of the very same concepts.