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  2. Virtual reality in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Many science fiction books and films have imagined characters being "trapped in virtual reality" or entering into virtual reality. Laurence Manning's 1933 series of short stories, "The Man Who Awoke"—later a novel—describes a time when people ask to be connected to a machine that replaces all their senses with electrical impulses and, thus, live a virtual life chosen by them (à la The ...

  3. List of existing technologies predicted in science fiction

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    The list includes technologies that were first posited in non-fiction works before their appearance in science fiction and subsequent invention, such as ion thruster. To avoid repetitions, the list excludes film adaptations of prior literature containing the same predictions, such as " The Minority Report ".

  4. Virtual Reality (journal) - Wikipedia

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    Virtual Reality is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media covering research on virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality applications. [1] The editors-in-chief are Daniel Ballin (Ideas Crucible) and Robert D. Macredie (Brunel University London). [2]

  5. William Gibson - Wikipedia

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    Science fiction critic John Clute has ... Gibson is a sporadic contributor of non-fiction articles to newspapers and journals. ... virtual reality ...

  6. Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia

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    Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood.The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs.

  7. Metaverse - Wikipedia

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    The term metaverse originated in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash as a portmanteau of "meta" and "universe". [6] [7] In Snow Crash, the metaverse is envisioned as a version of the Internet that is a single, universal, and immersive virtual world, facilitated by the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets. [8] [2]

  8. Otherland - Wikipedia

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    Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.The story is set on Earth near the end of the 21st century, probably between 2082 and 2089, in a world where technology has advanced somewhat beyond the present.

  9. Category:Simulated reality in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Simulated reality in fiction" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...