And don't forget Lawnmower Man in March 1992 [1] (Snow Crash was June 1992). I think the "VR headsets" of the day were popular for a few years before both, dri

And don't forget Lawnmower Man in March 1992 [1] (Snow Crash was June 1992). I think the "VR headsets" of the day were popular for a few years before both, driving said particular zeitgeist. As mentioned in a sibling, William Gibson { and probably Philip K. Dick and Stanislaw Lem } presaged all this stuff decade(s) earlier. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)