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Whenever I try to get motivated to work on VR, CAVE and similar projects I reread "Ready Player One" and secretly that's the world I'm building towards :) http

• dbish 12y ago
  Great read. Love the Oasis, although if you want a more in depth read you should check out the Otherland series. Very long, but great representation of what a fully immersive VR world would be like.
  • patcon 12y ago
    I've never met anyone else who's read the otherland series before! It was my first book obsession as a kid
    • dbish 12y ago
      I just got into it recently. I'm near the end of the 2nd book, and looking forward to the 3rd.
• freehunter 12y ago
  I couldn't get into Snow Crash because it seemed very overdone, seemed forced (the hero/protagonist's name is Hiro Protagonist for crying out loud). Would I be able to get into Ready Player One?
  • jboggan 12y ago
    I read Ready Player One first and found it really compelling and interesting, I highly recommend it. Then I picked up Snow Crash and found it too preposterous in its delivery, physics, and libertarian social narrative to make it more than a few chapters - and I'm someone who loves reading Heinlein.
  • alexqgb 12y ago
    Haven't read Snow Crash, but really enjoyed RP1. Though it's set in the semi-near future, it's got a plot device that means the (very well constructed) story packed with pop culture references from the early 80s to early 90s. If you're the right age to have had an Atari, you're likely to enjoy it more than most. That said, Lucky Palmer is too young to have grown up with this stuff, but is apparently such a big fan of the book that he asks all new hires at Oculus to read it before their first day on the job.