place _ this is the oasis. it is a place where the limits of reality— place where the limits of reality are your own imagination. stephen spielberg's adaptation of the novel of the same name tells the tale of a downtrodden teen hero who escapes the dystopian spool of the near future america by spending as much time as possible online in a multiplayer virtual world. a place which matches up characters and pop culture themes from movies, comics and games. it was another sci—fi novel that coined the phrase meta verse. the 1992 snow crash which also has a hero who has got a crummy life who escapes into a virtual world. the meta verse. it's the sort of exist today championed by an australian outfit. the closest we have to free—roaming vr is