![]() ![]() ![]() So that’s two levels of simulation already, and we’re only in scene two. But Flynne is better: generally she pretends to be her brother and kicks virtual ass. The two siblings share Burton’s avatar, “jockeying” for high-paying customers to beat game levels. ![]() In order to pay the medical bills and make ends meet Flynne and Burton play video games in virtual worlds, much like Ready Player One. That’s certainly the case with The Peripheral (Amazon Prime Video), a big budget, great-looking Amazon-made technopia that gets stuck in a rabbit hole of its own digging.Īn effective summary would require its own FAQ page but here goes: Flynne Fisher (Chloe Grace Moretz) and her brother Burton (Jack Reynor), who is a Marine veteran with a load of glowing haptic sensors in his back that look like a ceramic hob, live with their dying, blind, possibly painkiller-addicted mother in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2032. ![]() But just as Zuckerberg’s gamble on the future being meta – I liked the concept so much I renamed the company! – is currently looking as daft as the goggles, it may be that the idea is more interesting than the actuality. It's an intriguing concept, which is why it’s wowed everyone from Plato to Mark Zuckerberg. VR goggles, to be specific, transporting us to virtual worlds where we can be other people and, when we’re not buying stuff, ponder the nature of reality. The future, we’re often told, is going to be spent wearing funny goggles. ![]()
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