Yes indeed, NMS has been upgraded by leaps and bounds.
https://screenrant.com/no-mans-sky-everything-new-origins-update-3 ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky#Future ,
https://screenrant.com/no-mans-sky-hello-games-sean-murray-sequel
News & popular culture & observing various ideas & Sci-Fi concepts that become a technological reality. What is reality in general? Some say that it's all part of a cosmic simulation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
The big problem for some people is that it's too unsettling to think that this world might be part of a cosmic construct of data and energy. Of course various religions imply that there is a creator of this cosmic operating system. Even the notion that the universe eventually developed its own form of cosmic consciousness, is too uncomfortable of a concept to seriously ponder. Yet, humans have existed and progressed up to a technological point where some have designed advanced VR simulations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#In_popular_culture
Trinity:... I was looking for an answer. It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did.
Trinity: The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to." https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix/quotes/#:~:text=I%20was%20looking%20for%20an,question%2C%20just%20as%20I%20did. A lot of people go to a nightclub to have fun and forget about the real world for a while. Neo went to a club in search of The+Matrix... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXeF1rMkpQw
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-simulated-universe-with-riz-virk-lE8VvuxGQ1J ,
https://onezero.medium.com/we-need-to-find-out-if-we-are-living-in-a-simulation-1ae70919505b
That's the thing about being in an advanced VR construct. You wouldn't even know, unless someone from a higher perspective told you.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=simulation
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis
Of course a lot of people can hardly wait until there are full Immersion_(virtual_reality) games... Especially with a 1 or 2 hour setting in which the experiencer actually thinks that they are in that particular game world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3#Plot_summary 1963/1964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity#Gameplay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Simulator , https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nec-build-japans-next-earth-simulator-supercomputer
There are some potential risks, so it still could be a while until such advanced VR systems are available to the public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_(virtual_reality)#Detrimental_effects
In the early 1990s, the band U2 helped to promote the ZOO+TV entertainment MATRIX.
Harsh_Realm (1999) looked like it could have been quite a wild simulation experience. https://www.wired.com/1999/05/x-files-creator-goes-virtual Sort of like a military version of SimCity. http://tactdb.blogspot.com/2014/04/harsh-realm-combat-virtual-reality-tv.html A VR war game immersion system sure wouldn't be set up for beginners. http://www.scififreaksite.com/harshrealm.html A full immersion VR effect could be achieved with something like a small version of a Cerebro type device. https://them0vieblog.com/2015/10/14/harsh-realm-review Although extreme caution would be advised, some people would still be pushing things to the limit. http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/08/31/the-elevator-ritual-a-terrifying-vr-horror-experience There are all sorts of potential problems and liabilities when things start to get too realistic. https://www.vrfocus.com/2017/10/do-you-dare-enter-the-13th-floor-in-fantas-new-vr-experience
The_Thirteenth_Floor and Source_Code movies depict a level of VR tech where ones consciousness can be transferred into another body. Of course this tech would be at a level that's far beyond any digital sandbox_game even, No_Man's_Sky. (NMS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Sky#Future
Sandbox_game-History & Life_simulation_games
The technology to transfer consciousness into something like a very advanced version of The_Sims & other Avatars, is still a Sci-Fi concept. In The_Matrix world, ones consciousness is only linked to a VR character. However, it is implied that if a sudden disconnect with The_Matrix occurs, there would be dire consequences.
Of course back in the early days when people were first exposed to the SimCity game, the tech and the graphics were quite limited. Yet, something very interesting was started. All you needed was a personal_computer to experience this new digital or Virtual_World. However, any kind of full immersion or consciousness transfer was just Sci-Fi entertainment.
There was quite a big jump from the SimCity_(1989_video_game) to The_Matrix movie in 1999. The brilliant creators of The_Matrix_(franchise) wanted to depict a warning about, Out_of_Control A.I. run scenarios, where humans are mentally trapped in a simulated environment with various levels and versions. A small group of people try to break others out of the A.I. run simulation and only one human city remains in the "Real_World."
The_Thirteenth_Floor (1999) provided another fascinating version of a VR program with people being in something like a very advanced form of SimCity.
Of course something else interesting happened in the late 1990s. No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise
"It features appearances by Jack Womack, Bruce Sterling, Bono, and The Edge..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories
So during the 1980s and 90s, Bono and the Edge had obviously become very interested with the writings of William_Gibson_and_the_evolution_of_cyberpunk.
Thus, the unofficial U2 entertainment MATRIX era started. Achtung_Baby,_Zoo_TV,_and_Zooropa_(1990-1993)
Indeed by the early 1990s, Bono was doing his version of Neo in the SimCity MATRIX Thing. By 1992, the Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing-Music_video was ready.
In a way, the Zoo_TV_Tour was preparing people for the first Matrix movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8bnSQ8mR0 , https://www.u2.com/music/lyrics/42
There is a vast interconnected web of synchronicity with the concept of VR and advanced A.I. simulations in general. Its all part of The Simulation Hypothesis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Background
"Seven years after the events of Neuromancer, strange things begin to happen in the Matrix..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Zero#Plot_introduction (1986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa_Overdrive#Legacy
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ZOO+TV
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk+2077
What is Synchronicity? What is The+MATRIX?
What is The Nature of Reality? (TNOR)
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Harsh+Realm
https://www.ign.com/articles/paradox-free-time-travel-proven-possible-by-physics-student
This is another step closer towards proving that this world is part of an interactive cosmic recording and projection of time and space for consciousness to act within.
Primer and Predestination explore the Time Travel Paradox.
Whether it's a printed shape or image or a HD, 3D, VR variation, actors, musicians, writers and artists in general, can licence their likeness. Or, a corporation just might do that anyway, as a result of various agreements.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/07/02/best-keanu-reeves-cyberpunk-characters
For many fans, KR has always been more than just another VR actor.
https://www.ign.com/videos/cyberpunk-2077-becoming-samurai-bringing-johnny-silverhand-to-life ,
https://www.looper.com/205099/what-to-watch-next-if-you-love-the-matrix-trilogy
https://www.ign.com/games/cyberpunk-2077 ,
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk+2077
Dr. Jim_Al-Khalili has provided tremendous insight into the world and cosmos around us. https://jimal-khalili.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Al-Khalili#Early_life_and_education ,
https://www.jimal-khalili.com/academic
The World According to Physics - with Jim Al-Khalili https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKrjOD3ZeO0
https://hackernoon.com/will-human-writing-and-ai-writing-become-indistinguishable-ed393epp
A.I. can be a great tool, but human creativity and free expression should remain protected as much as possible.
https://www.vrfocus.com/2020/05/the-best-vr-games-to-lose-yourself-in
That is until there are VR games like Total Recall, The 13 Floor and The+Matrix movies, of course.
This is certainly one of the best articles about the nature of reality (TNOR), ever written.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis