Congregation, University of Essex, 29 March 2023

Congratulations to Dr Ma, Dr Walton-Rivers and Master Lowe!

In the film "Ready Player One" (2018), Dr Halliday created a game called OASIS, which allowed people to live the lives that they enjoy. Dr Halliday did so because (paraphrasing what he said) reality can be terrifying and painful.

I testify that I heard Richard Bartle say something along this line in a seminar at University of Essex around 2016 (before the above film was released). Here is the description of Richard Bartle's similar talk.