Comments on: Don't Turn off the Projector! https://blog.speculist.com/virtual_reality/dont-turn-off-t-2.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Eadwacer https://blog.speculist.com/virtual_reality/dont-turn-off-t-2.html#comment-9894 Eadwacer Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:44:45 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1961#comment-9894 The current best literary example is Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, but the genre goes back at least to Myer’s ‘Silverlock’.

]]> By: Sally Morem https://blog.speculist.com/virtual_reality/dont-turn-off-t-2.html#comment-9893 Sally Morem Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:44:05 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1961#comment-9893 Movies and shows that deal in interesting ways with how characters may interact from different “worlds:”

“The Truman Show”
“Pleasantville”
any number of Star Trek episodes involving the holodeck
And some recent movies involving love stories between people of different times.

I get the feeling that this meme is out there, it’s active in the entertainment industry, and it will be even more active as VR is upgraded and becomes more mainstream.

When it comes time to meet your maker, you may very well be able to do so, literally.

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