• skulblaka
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    1 day ago

    The massive popularity of Ready Player One, which was a mostly bland and bad story besides having a Metaverse in it, might imply otherwise.

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      24 hours ago

      The popularity in the fictional setting, based on speculation?

      The popularity of the book/move, which is a short period of escapism not at all comparable to virtual reality?

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        18 hours ago

        The popularity of the book/movie incorporating a classic concept of cyberpunk, yes.

        We’ve been dreaming of a Metaverse just about since we’ve had internet. Only, nobody’s made one that’s worth a damn in the real world yet.

        • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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          8 hours ago

          Dude it’s a book.

          “Gladiators would be popular because there’s this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators.”

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            3 minutes ago

            Gladiator was a movie because historically we’ve had heaps of gladiators and they were popular public entertainment.