that they would do in normal life but within that platform. almost like the movie ready player one, in a way. this is the oasis. it's a place where the limits of reality are your own imagination. stephen spielberg's 2018 adaptation of ernest cline�*s novel of the same name tells the tale of a downtrodden teen hero who escapes the dystopian sprawl of a near future america by spending as much time as possible online in a multiplayer virtual world. a place which mashes up characters and pop culture themes from movies, comics and games. it was another sci—fi novel that coined the phrase "metaverse", though — neal stephenson�*s 1992 book snow crash, which also has a hero who's got a crummy life who escapes into a virtual world, the metaverse. hollywood style vr does sort of exist today, championed by an australian outfit