Episode · a16z Podcast · 2016-02-26

Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: Mapping the Future of Virtual Reality

1 book · With Chris Dixon, Saku Panditharatne, Kyle Russell · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Virtual reality is coming fast, and everyone seems to assume that it will be gamers who get to have all the fun first. But there are other applications for VR that could also bring it into the mainstream.

Chris Dixon discussed Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Ready Player One

   Ernest Cline · at 27:48

   Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a science fiction novel set in a dystopian future where people escape their harsh reality by logging into an expansive, 1980s pop-culture-infused virtual reality world called the OASIS.

   Discussed

   “We have yeah, we have an investment here in Improbable, um which is I think of as, um you know, if you read Ready Player One, which hopefully the listeners have read, it's canonical VR book.”

   Chris Dixon a16z Podcast: Mapping the Future of Virtual Reality 2016-02-26 Listen at 27:48

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