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I can see a game the size of OASIS being possible especially concidering how advanced and how fast computers are becoming I easily see it being close to the strength in the book around the same years.
~The Entire Book Eric

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I think the stacks could very much happen, and the dying of the world....that too. Concidering that it will happen anyways by some means, I see the stack and corruption of the world very plausible.
~Early chapters Eric

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A few characters being different from the online version of them is a thing nowadays, so it will very much contuine to be a thing as long as the internet or a similar comunucation service exist. ~Chapter 38 -Eric

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Even though the OASIS has become a second life for most people, the way they act on there has less consequences than in the real world, as a result people do things that they wouldn't do in the real world, likely because of the lack of permanent consequence. But on top of this people can just block those who annoy them/upset them, which can prevent people from learning how to deal with others in the real world.

(chapters 2,3,4)
-Jakob

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Identity seems to be a bit of a theme, noPeople make themselves out to be something they are not in real life, like a handsome warrior, or a beautiful sorceress. Yet this identity becomes quite literally a second life, a second life that now has an impact on the world(economically). People in the book now live a second legitimate life that is a bit of a lie.

(chapters, 2, 3, and onward)
-Jakob

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It seems that people within the book avoid the real world whenever available. This is because of the current state of the real world (book world), which seems to be bringing more problems into people's lives. So as a result they escape to the OASIS in their spare time, some going as far as consuming most of their life within the OASIS.

(Chapters 1-4, 19

-Jakob

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I believe that virtual reality is becoming more accessible to more and more people as the years go by. I would like to see more advances in the field of augmented reality because being able to combine the two technologies would create a whole new level of immersion for many different things in our society.

Dakota Lewis Entry 3

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Easter eggs

The Easter Eggs are literally the epicenter of the plot of the novel, its what motivated the gunters to win, because of the powers it had granted, same thing as the sixers

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Anyone who actually enjoys Ladyhawke is a bona fide USDA-choice pussy!

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OASIS credits can translate to real world dollars, like how Wade bought his apartment from OASIS credits This is like Bitcoin and other digital currency. I think eventually I could see us a=moving to all digital currency, but none of the options that we have today.
David #4

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Nostalgia is ever so present in the book, its what the books setting (the oasis) is founded upon. The nostalgia is what drives the plot, down to the gates, and where they find the keys and hints

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I can definitly see cryptocurrencies being a large part of the future. Once we go through this crazy initial phase they will become more universally accepted. After this happens average people will start to use them. This will inherently lead to global currencies (currencies that are universally accepted worldwide.)

Drew Chapter 2

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I think that VR is getting closer to being available to everyone like in the book. I think it will take a while for things to be as big as they are in this book, but people are already working on making it more engaging. One thing I don't think will happen in real life is that everyone uses one big simulation. I think that there will always be a large amount of games and no one will play just one game.
David #3

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I could easily see online school using VR as internet speeds increase and VR becomes more readily available. It would allow some of the group interaction of normal schools with the accessibility and convince of online schools. This would also help with the current problems of online college. I read on wired UK that the graduation rate for online college is about 5-10%. If you had VR online colleges you would be much more immersed and I would hypothesize that the graduation rate would go up.
Drew Chapter 2

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Wade made Bryce Lynch near the end of Level one, to get a job, at IOI. Wade then afterward uses the identity to infiltrate ioi.

Ernest Cline explicitly put this in there to show how id spoofing could be really difficult in the future. Showing how much work it would take to spoof an identity alone, not even breaking in to a coorporation, which obviously would be way more difficult

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"You really think it's that simple?" I said. "That you can just write a check for two hundred and forty billion dollars and fix all the world's problems?" I feel that Art3mis' ambition is a bit close to some other people's dreams of what they want for this world. They want to fix all the world's problems and see the world as some sort of utopia, just waiting to be achieved. However, I believe that her vision is a bit short sighted, as she makes large aspirations, she tends to be a bit hot-headed and temperamental, as indicated when she met Parzival for the first time.

Dakota Lewis

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In the book Wade buys things based on biometrics. When he gets in the cab from IOI hq the cab just scans him and knows exactly who he is and charges his account. He also buys equipment from a vending machine, and it knows exactly who he is by scanning him and can buy things off his account. I think we are getting closer and closer to this because we have things like apple pay where you can pay with your phone.

Pange 280 to 300 ish
David #2

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On page 300, Wade purchases a vest, pistol, three clips of ammo, and mace from a vending machine, and he paid with his hand. This way, his identity was verified and his criminal record was checked. I can see this being out future with all of the crime and technology we have nowadays. This way, it’s faster to pay and it’s made sure that you aren’t a criminal purchasing dangerous items.
On page 301, Wade holds the gun in each of his hands so it can scan his fingerprints. This way only he can use it. I could also see this happening, so no one who isn’t familiar with the gun can use is and if it’s stolen, it can’t be used. This also has to do with the amount of crime there has been recently. Extradorinary measures may be taken to try to reduce the amount of people being killed.

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This also has to do with the technology of Wade’s home. When the IOI shows up to his apartment, he tells Max to set all of the high security locks that he installed. Nowadays there is a lot of crime. Combine that with scared people and technology, you get super crazy, high tech, complicated security for homes and even work places.

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Throughout these pages 192 and 198, Wade describes the technology he has and uses everyday for his OASIS life including: the haptic chair, Shaptic Bootsuit, visor, AboundSound audio system, etc. And his real life, including his shower, which does the whole process for him. And also Max, his system agent software that does whatever Wade commands him to do, such as boot up the OASIS or simply turn the lights on.
With all of the technological advances we see and the amount of time people spend on video games and social media everyday, I foresee all of these things happening in the future. It’s something fun and to the next level that architects and computer programmers would enjoy coming up with and evolving.

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I can see a majority of our society being ingulfed by games, social media and etc.

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I can see facial recognition being a thing in the future, because it is. But I can see it more prominently in the upcoming years. I can see it replacing ID, even maybe.
Jeffrey

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The scoreboard brings to mind a future of how people will take any kind of measure to get to top; regardless of award, games, and or stature. More people want to be the “top in charge” and abuse it and I’m scared that that might be the downturn in the future for our government. So I can see that happening.
Jeffrey

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When he had to use his finger print that’s probably going to happen soon. It’s easier to keep tract of people.
Briana DeWeese

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On page 218 paragraph 2 Wade explains how much coin-operated games had practically disappeared from everyone’s radar because of home videogame consoles and how popular they had become. To me, I see this happening 100%. A lot of people sit at home all day on their at-home videotape consoles instead of going out and playing some of the most classic coin-operated games like they used to. Granted they do still exist in places like arcades, some restaurants, and even my dentist office. But kids would much rather be at home playing videogames all day instead.

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I can see a future where people have their eye on the “prize” and that they don’t care what happens to people, besides what happens to themselves. Even if the end goal for them may be dystopia.
Jeffrey

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It’s a possibility that virtual schools will be more common soon, considering the students can actually focus and not mess around.
Briana DeWeese

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I can see VR school being a thing in the future and with the same precautions as in the book as they don’t allow you to play around in the book as your data and usage of apps and such, are disabled while in school.

Jeffrey

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I can see VR becoming more used amongst people, not really to the extent it is in the book unless the world just kinda dies. (All of the book, like in chapter 4? He states the excessive) -Eric

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When they tracked wade down from school records, anyone can do that to us in the real world.
Briana DeWeese
Chapter 14

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Cordel Blair Entry 2: Recreating Movies through vr

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Cordel Blair Entry 2: Recreating Movies through vr

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In Virtual Reality, as we are starting to be able to watch movies in vr, (I.E. Justice league) It seems like a process started by the developers of things like fallout 4 vr, and doom vr.

(chapter 11

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When Wade moves, the apartment complex he rents requires his retinal and fingerprint patterns in order for him to be let into the building and then again into his room. I can see this happening in the future just because of all of the technological advances we are making and still can make. Also due to all of the crime that is taking place nowadays. It wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

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Cordel Blair Journal 1: Internet Service Providers fighting for control

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Cordel Blair Journal 1: Internet Service Providers fighting for control

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The part where Sorrento is making the offers, kind of mirrors to what lengths that at least I feel most corporations would go to so that they could be in control of a monopoly , that includes the OASIS

chapter 14 in totality

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In the book when Wade gets his bus ticket and his apartment, they scanned his retinal patterns as a security measure. It is something that already exsists on some level with smartphone fingerprint readers. However in the book it suggests all of this information is stored by the government where different people can access it to confirm that you are who you say who you are. On the surface this sounds good. But I believe it is very creepy and dangerous. If a hacker were to get your biometrics, it would be very bad. It is not like a password which you can just change at will. It also removes a level of anonymity that we have in the real world, giving hackers and big brother another way to track you.

Drew -Chapter 16 (Pages 163,165,166)

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So many books have already been turned into e-books. They could be completely electronic years from now. “Over the past five years, the Almanac had become my bible. Like most books nowadays, it was only available in electronic format.” -page 61

-Alexis

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Wade explains that he was lied to about the real world and how horrible life truly can be as he was growing up. I believe that we are all shielded, somehow, growing up. We are even shielded now, by the government. Things are hidden from us and they leave out important details to make the situations we are in seem less important and smaller than they really are.

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Kids are already distracted by video games. So that is related to the real world. And the OASIS world.
Briana DeWeese

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In the OASIS world there are still mountains, rivers, lakes amd such as the real world.
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Briana DeWeese

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I feel as if a virtual school, such as in the OASIS, could become a thing. Online school is already a thing, but I feel like it could change a lot in the future, like it is in the book.

-Alexis

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"I'd attended school in the real world up until the sixth grade. It hadn't been a very pleasnt experience. I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and alomst no social skills- a side effect of spending most of my childhood indside the OASIS. Online I didn't have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world, interacting with other people- especially kids my own age- made me a nervous wreck." page 30

I feel like this could end up being the future of our children. with how much our younger siblings and cousins are on the internet. its just a matter of time before they start acting different online and in real life.

Breilynn #1

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In this book they used the same language as we do. They cuss and use "aint"
Briana DeWeese

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I could see Mandarin Chinese being more relevant than Spanish for most people. While the book was listing languages it listed Mandarin first and Spanish last.

Drew-Chapter 6

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Pg 27-28 “The Oasis credit was the coin of the realm, and in these dark times, it was also one of the world’s most stable currencies,valued higher than the dollar,pound,euro,or yen.” compared to real life Bitcoin.

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Pg 27-28 “The Oasis credit was the coin of the realm, and in these dark times, it was also one of the world’s most stable currencies,valued higher than the dollar,pound,euro,or yen.” compared to real life Bitcoin.

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I can see this happen because it is happening, the only difference is that Bitcoin isn’t really that stable.

Jeffrey

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I think the super nerd mentality could be a big cultural attitude, it already is particularly like that. People love finding facts out about games and movies and such. So I do believe that it could get more like it is in Ready Player One. Such as the part from chapter 4 with the nerd battle between Wade and I-rok.

Eric #41

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I feel like kids becoming involved in stuff that distracts them from the real world is already a reality, whether that be video games, drugs, or alcohol. The life some children live, like Wade Watts, isn’t ideal and they find a way of escaping it.

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I could see virtual reality becoming more of a regular pastime (not a niche product for nerds) for people watching tv, playing video-games, and taking virtual tours.

Drew

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One thing that happened in the virtual world that could be the same as the real world is how its virtual, when people play videogames they use a headset to talk. Thats about the same.
This is in chapter 2.
Briana DeWeese

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I could VERY EASILY see the real world public school system coming to look like the one in the book, seeing as the real life public school system is losing money and popularity, due to the negligence of the higher ups in the school systems across the United States, and even across the globe.

Dakota L#1

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"The real public school system, The one run by tho government, had been an underfunded, overcrowded train wreck for decades" I can see this happening because public school systems everywhere are loosing money.

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