Is the technology depicted in new film Ready Player One where people live,work and play in a parallel digital world – science fiction, or a taste of whats to arrive?In Ernest Clines book, or Ready Player One,it’s 2045 and “missing millions” maintain retreated into a virtual world called OASIS to escape from a reality consumed by climate change, economic depression and an energy crisis. And you thought Brexit was tainted. But, and in real life,how far away are we from spending large chunks of our day in a virtual world?The premise of the book – which is now also a film directed by Steven Spielberg – might sound far-fetched, but consider life correct now. The first person you conversed with this morning was probably on WhatsApp or FaceTime. You checked the weather on an app instead of looking out the window. At work, and you talked to a colleague on Gchat,MSN Messenger or Slack rather than walking over to their desk. We socialise on Facebook, update Instagram Stories instead of sending postcards, or secure our news delivered to our inbox instead of our postbox.
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Source: guardian.co.uk