<s>
Virtual	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
in	I-General_Concept
fiction	I-General_Concept
describes	O
fictional	O
representations	O
of	O
the	O
technological	O
concept	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
science	O
fiction	O
books	O
and	O
films	O
have	O
imagined	O
characters	O
being	O
"	O
trapped	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
"	O
or	O
entering	O
into	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
comprehensive	O
and	O
specific	O
fictional	O
model	O
for	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
was	O
published	O
in	O
1935	O
in	O
the	O
short	O
story	O
"	O
Pygmalion	O
's	O
Spectacles	O
"	O
by	O
Stanley	O
G	O
.	O
Weinbaum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
science	O
fiction	O
books	O
have	O
promoted	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
as	O
a	O
partial	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
total	O
,	O
substitution	O
for	O
the	O
misery	O
of	O
reality	O
,	O
or	O
have	O
touted	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
method	O
for	O
creating	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
in	O
which	O
one	O
may	O
escape	O
from	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stanisław	O
Lem	O
's	O
1961	O
story	O
"	O
I	O
(	O
Corcoran	O
)	O
"	O
,	O
translated	O
in	O
English	O
as	O
"	O
Further	O
Reminiscences	O
of	O
Ijon	O
Tichy	O
I	O
"	O
,	O
dealt	O
with	O
a	O
scientist	O
who	O
created	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
computer-simulated	O
people	O
living	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
popular	O
fictional	O
works	O
use	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
William	O
Gibson	O
's	O
1984	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
which	O
defined	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
cyberspace	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
1994	O
Virtual	O
Light	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
presentation	O
viewable	O
in	O
VR-like	O
goggles	O
was	O
the	O
MacGuffin	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
examples	O
are	O
Neal	O
Stephenson	O
's	O
Snow	O
Crash	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
made	O
extensive	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
term	O
avatar	B-Application
to	O
describe	O
one	O
's	O
representation	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Rudy	O
Rucker	O
's	O
The	O
Hacker	O
and	O
the	O
Ants	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
programmer	O
uses	O
VR	O
for	O
robot	O
design	O
and	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Otherland	O
series	O
of	O
4	O
novels	O
by	O
Tad	O
Williams	O
,	O
published	O
from	O
1996	O
to	O
2001	O
and	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
2070s	O
,	O
shows	O
a	O
world	O
where	O
the	O
Internet	O
has	O
become	O
accessible	O
via	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
stories	O
based	O
upon	O
video	O
games	O
have	O
also	O
become	O
popular	O
in	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
2011	O
novel	O
Ready	O
Player	O
One	O
by	O
Ernest	O
Cline	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
about	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
system	O
called	O
the	O
OASIS	O
that	O
people	O
use	O
to	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
grim	O
reality	O
of	O
a	O
dying	O
Earth	O
in	O
2045	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
was	O
popularized	O
in	O
mass	O
media	O
by	O
movies	O
such	O
as	O
Tron	B-Language
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
Brainstorm	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Lawnmower	O
Man	O
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.hack	B-Protocol
multimedia	O
franchise	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
MMORPG	B-Protocol
dubbed	O
"	O
The	B-Application
World	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
French	O
animated	O
series	O
Code	B-Application
Lyoko	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
of	O
Lyoko	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1982	O
film	O
Tron	B-Language
told	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
hacker	O
sucked	O
into	O
a	O
digital	O
world	O
physically	O
inside	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
attempted	O
to	O
escape	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
hero	O
,	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
within	O
that	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
VR-like	O
system	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
record	O
and	O
play	O
back	O
dreams	O
,	O
figures	O
centrally	O
in	O
Wim	O
Wenders	O
 '	O
1991	O
film	O
Until	O
the	O
End	O
of	O
the	B-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1993	O
film	O
Arcade	O
is	O
centered	O
around	O
a	O
new	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
game	O
(	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
film	O
gets	O
its	O
name	O
)	O
that	O
actively	O
traps	O
those	O
who	O
play	O
it	O
inside	O
its	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1995	O
film	O
Strange	O
Days	O
is	O
a	O
science-fiction	O
thriller	O
about	O
a	O
fictional	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
trend	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
buy	O
illegal	O
VR	O
recordings	O
of	O
criminal	O
offences	O
recorded	O
from	O
the	O
offender	O
's	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
(	O
POV	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1995	O
film	O
Johnny	O
Mnemonic	O
has	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
Johnny	O
(	O
played	O
by	O
Keanu	O
Reeves	O
)	O
use	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
goggles	O
and	O
brain	B-Application
–	I-Application
computer	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
to	O
access	O
the	O
Internet	O
and	O
extract	O
encrypted	O
information	O
in	O
his	O
own	O
brain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1995	O
film	O
Virtuosity	O
has	O
Russell	O
Crowe	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
serial	O
killer	O
name	O
SID	O
6.7	O
(	O
Sadistic	O
,	O
Intelligent	O
and	O
Dangerous	O
)	O
who	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
simulation	O
to	O
train	O
real-world	O
police	O
officer	O
,	O
but	O
manages	O
to	O
escape	O
into	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1999	O
film	O
The	O
Thirteenth	O
Floor	O
is	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Daniel	O
F	O
.	O
Galouye	O
's	O
novel	O
Simulacron-3	O
,	O
and	O
tells	O
about	O
two	O
virtual	B-Architecture
reality	I-Architecture
simulations	I-Architecture
,	O
one	O
in	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
The	O
Matrix	O
and	O
later	O
sequels	O
explored	O
the	O
possibility	O
that	O
our	O
world	O
is	O
actually	O
a	O
vast	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
or	O
more	O
precisely	O
,	O
simulated	B-Architecture
reality	I-Architecture
)	O
created	O
by	O
artificially	B-Application
intelligent	I-Application
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
film	O
Avatar	B-Application
,	O
the	O
humans	O
are	O
hooked	O
up	O
via	O
advanced	O
technologies	O
with	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
Na'vi	O
avatars	B-Application
to	O
remotely	O
perform	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
the	O
humans	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
n't	O
do	O
on	O
the	O
gas-based	O
planet	O
Pandora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surrogates	O
(	O
2009	O
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
brain	B-Application
–	I-Application
computer	I-Application
interface	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
people	O
to	O
control	O
realistic	O
humanoid	O
robots	O
,	O
giving	O
them	O
full	O
sensory	O
feedback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OtherLife	O
(	O
2017	O
)	O
-	O
about	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
biological	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
of	O
2045	O
James	O
Halliday	O
creates	O
this	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
world	O
called	O
the	O
oasis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
British	O
BBC2	O
sci-fi	O
series	O
Red	O
Dwarf	O
features	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
game	O
titled	O
"	O
Better	O
Than	O
Life	O
"	O
that	O
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
experience	O
a	O
utopia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saban	O
's	O
syndicated	O
superhero	O
television	O
series	O
VR	B-Application
Troopers	I-Application
also	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
concept	O
where	O
the	O
titular	O
characters	O
fight	O
villains	O
that	O
seek	O
to	O
invade	O
from	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
holodeck	B-Algorithm
featured	O
in	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Next	I-Application
Generation	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
known	O
examples	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
in	O
popular	O
culture	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
interactively	O
modify	O
scenarios	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
with	O
a	O
natural	O
language	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
depiction	O
differs	O
from	O
others	O
in	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
room	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
neural	B-Application
interface	I-Application
or	O
headset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fourth	O
episode	O
of	O
the	O
fourth	O
season	O
of	O
Sliders	O
,	O
Quinn	O
Mallory	O
and	O
his	O
friends	O
land	O
on	O
a	O
world	O
where	O
everyone	O
uses	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
all	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartoon	O
series	O
The	O
Real	O
Adventures	O
of	O
Jonny	O
Quest	O
features	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
of	O
QuestWorld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2012	O
anime	O
series	O
Sword	B-Application
Art	I-Application
Online	I-Application
involves	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
MMORPG	B-Protocol
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
dying	O
in	O
real	O
life	O
when	O
a	O
player	O
dies	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
side	O
effects	O
of	O
the	O
NerveGear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
2014	O
sequel	O
Sword	B-Application
Art	I-Application
Online	I-Application
II	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
bringing	O
a	O
virtual	O
character	O
into	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
via	O
mobile	O
cameras	O
is	O
posed	O
;	O
this	O
concept	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
bedridden	O
individual	O
to	O
attend	O
public	O
school	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
two	O
sequels	O
Sword	B-Application
Art	I-Application
Online	I-Application
take	O
place	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Underworld	O
"	O
,	O
another	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
made	O
with	O
"	O
mnemonic	O
visuals	O
"	O
and	O
bottom	O
up	O
AIs	B-Application
known	O
as	O
"	O
Fluctlights	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anime	O
Accel	O
World	O
(	O
2012	O
)	O
expands	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
using	O
the	O
game	O
Brain	O
Burst	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
which	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
gain	O
and	O
receive	O
points	O
to	O
keep	O
accelerating	O
;	O
accelerating	O
is	O
when	O
an	O
individual	O
's	O
brain	O
perceives	O
the	O
images	O
around	O
them	O
1000	O
times	O
faster	O
,	O
heightening	O
their	O
sense	O
of	O
awareness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Episodes	O
of	O
Black	B-Application
Mirror	I-Application
have	O
featured	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
episode	O
Playtest	B-General_Concept
features	O
an	O
American	O
traveler	O
(	O
portrayed	O
by	O
Wyatt	O
Russell	O
)	O
who	O
signs	O
up	O
to	O
test	O
a	O
revolutionary	O
new	O
gaming	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
SaitoGemu	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
soon	O
ca	O
n't	O
tell	O
where	O
the	O
hot	O
game	O
ends	O
and	O
reality	O
begins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
episode	O
San	O
Junipero	O
features	O
a	O
simulated	B-Architecture
reality	I-Architecture
set	O
in	O
different	O
time	O
periods	O
at	O
the	O
titular	O
beach	O
resort	O
town	O
that	O
the	O
characters	O
can	O
inhabit	O
,	O
even	O
past	O
death	O
,	O
as	O
seen	O
with	O
its	O
main	O
characters	O
(	O
portrayed	O
by	O
Gugu	O
Mbatha-Raw	O
and	O
Mackenzie	O
Davis	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
episode	O
USS	O
Callister	O
features	O
Callister	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
game	O
"	O
Infinity	O
"	O
that	O
uses	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
from	O
TCKR	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilizing	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
technology	O
in	O
his	O
modded	O
"	O
Infinity	O
"	O
game	O
,	O
Callister	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
CTO	O
Robert	O
Daly	O
(	O
portrayed	O
by	O
Jesse	O
Plemons	O
)	O
portrays	O
the	O
captain	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
ship	O
from	O
his	O
favorite	O
show	O
"	O
Space	O
Fleet	O
"	O
where	O
he	O
orders	O
around	O
the	O
crew	O
members	O
who	O
are	O
sentient	O
digital	O
clones	O
of	O
his	O
Callister	O
Inc	O
.	O
co-workers	O
made	O
from	O
the	O
Digital	O
Clone	O
Replicator	O
that	O
he	O
has	O
which	O
scanned	O
whatever	O
DNA	O
they	O
had	O
on	O
an	O
item	O
that	O
Daly	O
secretly	O
obtained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
episode	O
Striking	O
Vipers	O
features	O
two	O
friends	O
(	O
portrayed	O
by	O
Anthony	O
Mackie	O
and	O
Yahya	O
Abdul-Mateen	O
II	O
)	O
starting	O
to	O
have	O
sex	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
fighting	O
game	O
called	O
"	O
Striking	O
Vipers	O
X.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fourth	O
season	O
of	O
Agents	O
of	O
S.H.I.E.L.D.	O
,	O
Leo	O
Fitz	O
created	O
the	O
Framework	O
as	O
a	O
training	O
program	O
that	O
was	O
expanded	O
into	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
by	O
Holden	O
Radcliffe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
AIDA	O
reworked	O
the	O
Framework	O
,	O
she	O
created	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
in	O
it	O
in	O
where	O
HYDRA	O
ruled	O
the	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
season	O
six	O
,	O
the	O
Framework	O
technology	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
time-displaced	O
Deke	O
Shaw	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
game	O
"	O
Remorath	O
Rumble	O
"	O
that	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
his	O
unnamed	O
tech	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fifth	O
season	O
of	O
Supergirl	O
,	O
Andrea	O
Rojas	O
 '	O
company	O
Obsidian	O
Tech	O
started	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
Obsidian	O
Lenses	O
that	O
enabled	O
the	O
users	O
to	O
enter	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
this	O
was	O
secretly	O
a	O
plot	O
by	O
Leviathan	O
to	O
secretly	O
trap	O
them	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2019	O
version	O
of	O
The	O
Twilight	O
Zone	O
had	O
an	O
episode	O
titled	O
"	O
Downtime	O
"	O
that	O
featured	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
called	O
"	O
SleepAway	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
has	O
people	O
entering	O
it	O
when	O
sleeping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
BBC	O
Radio	O
7	O
broadcast	O
Planet	O
B	O
,	O
a	O
science-fiction	O
drama	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
