It's not really about what he knew about actual technology, though. Gibson has said "And somehow I knew that the notional space behind all of the computer scree

It's not really about what he knew about actual technology, though. Gibson has said "And somehow I knew that the notional space behind all of the computer screens would be one single universe." It has a lot more to do with the idea of an interior and a collective unconscious, that kind of psychological stuff, rather than projecting what technology will do. With VR actually becoming practical, it feels to me that the idea of spending time in a private one-user VR experience will rapidly become something socially frowned upon and perceived as solipsistic.