![]() ![]() We wrote this week about the lack of a visible moderation presence in Ready Player One, but what’s so jarring about the film is how much of doesn’t jibe with what we know about VR worlds now, thanks to VRChat. Ready Player One is a film for no one, because it has to be for everyone It’s an unrealistic portrayal of how people on the internet operate in 2018, where armies of organized trolls purposely try to ruin others’ experiences and examples of misogyny and racism can be found on just about any website with a simple search or refresh of a comments section. The world is a utopian fantasy, full of folks who all seem to get along without prompting from anyone. ![]() Wade Watts, the lead character in Ready Player One, explains the Oasis as a place where people can be who they want to be. VRChat, a social environment RPG that debuted on Steam in February 2017, found a community of like-minded people who wanted to spend their time in the game, building relationships and leaning into a version of themselves they could explore without abandon. ![]() While the reasoning and circumstances for venturing into VR might be different from what author Ernest Cline and director Steven Spielberg imagined, Ready Player One’s Oasis, the virtual world where millions of people live out their fantasies, kind of already exists. Ready Player One is a movie about people who flock to virtual reality worlds that overload the sense, in an attempt to escape the dreariness of their day-to-day real lives.
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