From Synthia.Ca, Sneak Peek new footage from "Minority Report" director Steven Spielberg's live-action feature adaptation of "Ready Player One", the 2011 science-fiction novel, by author Ernest Cline, set in a 'dystopian' year 2044:
"...in the year 2044, the world has been gripped by an energy crisis from the depletion of fossil fuels...
"...causing widespread social problems and economic stagnation.
"To escape the decline their world is facing, people turn to the 'Oasis', a virtual reality simulator accessible by players using visors and 'haptic' technology, perfected by 'James Halliday'...
"...who, when he died, had announced in his will to the public that he had left an 'Easter Egg' inside Oasis, and the first person to find it would inherit his entire fortune and the corporation.
"Teenager 'Wade Watts', then discovers one of the three keys pointing to the treasure..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ready Player One...
"...in the year 2044, the world has been gripped by an energy crisis from the depletion of fossil fuels...
"...causing widespread social problems and economic stagnation.
"To escape the decline their world is facing, people turn to the 'Oasis', a virtual reality simulator accessible by players using visors and 'haptic' technology, perfected by 'James Halliday'...
"...who, when he died, had announced in his will to the public that he had left an 'Easter Egg' inside Oasis, and the first person to find it would inherit his entire fortune and the corporation.
"Teenager 'Wade Watts', then discovers one of the three keys pointing to the treasure..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Ready Player One...
- 7/24/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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