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Published 6 years ago by darvinhg with 0 Comments
by darvinhg
6 years ago

Ready Player One: we are surprisingly close to realising just such a VR dystopia

I was fortunate enough to catch a preview screening of Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s futuristic novel. It blew me away. What really caught my attention wasn’t just the awesome references to 1980s pop culture, or the mind-blowing set pieces. It was also the sub-text of the philosophical and cultural impact of gaming and related technologies.

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