Some of 2021’s Most Popular Games and 2022

 https://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-games/a-look-into-some-of-2021s-most-popular-games

Of course with the ending of 2021, various people have made their lists of favorite games.

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/12/30/here-are-steams-most-played-games-of-2021

No list should be identical, because everyone has their preferences.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/dec/23/the-15-best-video-games-of-2021

https://twinfinite.net/2021/12/most-played-games-in-2020-ranked-by-peak-concurrent-players/

https://www.gamesradar.com/best-games-2021/

https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-reveals-its-best-selling-and-most-played-games-of-2021

https://gamerant.com/steam-best-selling-most-popular-games-2021/

https://www.polygon.com/22855533/best-steam-games-2021-pc-top-selling-most-played

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/12/steam-most-popular-games-2021

The 2021 Game Awards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfciMwRcI5w , https://www.youtube.com/user/gameranxTV/videos

Top 10 NEW Games of 2022 [FIRST HALF]

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq20AgoVta8

The Nighclub Scene

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU7qn0mMpm8 Even two decades after its release, Vanilla_Sky is still quite a trip.

James Cameron movies

 https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3697428/james-cameron-confirms-legendary-myth-behind-alien-pitch

To even have a few fantastic and superb movies already puts you on the map. However, James_Cameron has carved out quite a niche for himself over the past several decades. 

https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/james-cameron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron#Career

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000116

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron#Filmography

https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Cameron

https://twitter.com/jimcameron?lang=en

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=James+Cameron

What The Matrix Resurrections Really Says About Video Games Isn't Obvious

 https://kotaku.com/what-the-matrix-resurrections-really-says-about-video-g-1848276051

https://www.polygon.com/22855572/the-matrix-resurrections-video-game-awards-statue-scene-keanu-reeves

Each movie in The_Matrix series takes you to a certain point of the story. Of course The_Matrix_Resurrections tries to take the story to the next level. However, if people are expecting the fast pace, high philosophy just like in the first movie, Resurrections offers a different pace and part of the story. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838180

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/matrix-resurrections-aesthetic-adam-egypt-mortimer

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a38636675/another-matrix-star-in-a-john-wick-movie

https://bloody-disgusting.com/tag/john-wick

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Video+Games

The Matrix Resurrections and glasses in various movies, etc.

 https://www.vulture.com/2021/12/the-matrix-resurrections-glasses.html

There is an underlying theme here about the perception of reality.

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3525236/artist-just-invented-legit-pairs-live-sunglasses-literally-filter-digital-advertisements/

Alexa and A.I. Problems

 https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269853/20211228/alexa-tells-children-play-electrical-outlets-amazon-releases-update-fix.htm

Of course all the reasonable steps should be in place to make sure that Alexa glitches like this don't happen.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/alexa-tells-10-year-old-to-try-a-shocking-tiktok-challenge/

Over the years there has been various concerns and_issues.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59810383

People expect a certain degree of safety with such A.I. devices.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/29/amazons-alexa-told-a-child-to-do-a-potentially-lethal-challenge.html

https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-home/news/amazon/138846-what-is-alexa-how-does-it-work-and-what-can-amazons-alexa-do

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa

https://support.alexa.com/hc/en-us/articles/4410503838999

https://bernardmarr.com/what-is-the-difference-between-ai-and-robotics

https://blog.robotiq.com/whats-the-difference-between-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence

Isaac_Asimov in the early 1940s devised the Three_Laws_of_Robotics. Although not officially adhered to, the general concept remains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics#Alterations

The problem is in today's world, AI and robotics can be use to hunt, harm and kill people, albeit under limited circumstances. What happens if at a certain point, AI deduces that if some people decide that its OK to use AI & Robotics to kill humans, why can't AI kill all humans?

Perhaps some might even set others up to take the blame.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(2004_film)

A.I. & Robotics can be great tools & devices for humanity. However, if people allow themselves to become totally taken over by A.I. control & management systems, don't expect it to be humane.

https://bernardmarr.com/future-developments-of-artificial-intelligence

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Should The Matrix Resurrections Have Been Made?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8n8WdpW9tA , https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCriticalDrinker/videos

The first Matrix movie still stands as an all in one story for its time. The 2nd & 3rd movies extend the+MATRIX story for those that are interested.

The Matrix Resurrections Pitch Meeting

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHCsz78GfYg , https://www.youtube.com/c/ScreenRant/videos

The Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy also left a lot of people thinking, WTF happened?

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: An Unbridled Rage

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0528-TlRODI , https://www.youtube.com/c/MauLerYoutube/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy#Films

Star Wars - How To Kill A Franchise

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywT7arOAnc4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCloserLook/videos

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a38620620/matrix-jessica-henwick-star-wars-last-jedi-cut/

The+Matrix+Resurrections provides an interesting perspective on the first 3 movies and takes the story to another level.

The story within a story or simulation within a simulation worked well in The+13th+Floor movie and even in the Source+Code movie.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=copy+of+a+copy

How did the Cyberpunk 2077 dumpster fire become one of 2021's most played games?

 https://www.techspot.com/news/92774-how-did-cyberpunk-2077-dumpster-fire-become-one.html

Some people might like everything about Cyberpunk_2077.

https://www.vg247.com/cyberpunk-2077-top-seller-steam

While some might just like certain aspects of the gameplay.

https://kotaku.com/despite-everything-cyberpunk-2077-was-a-steam-top-sell-1848274351

By the end of the year, Cyberpunk_2077 proved to be a very popular video-game.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/12/19/cyberpunk-2077-director-explains-why-there-arent-police-chases-in-the-game/?sh=3736ff11313a

https://www.ign.com/games/cyberpunk-2077

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077#Sales

The Hidden Genius Of Cyberpunk 2077's World 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oudl6hlRpHo , https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCloserLook/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk+2077

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Video+Games

A Paralyzed Man Creates First-Ever Tweet Using Only His Thoughts

 https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269827/20211228/paralyzed-man-creates-first-tweet-using-thoughts-thanks-implanted-brain.htm

It's a new take on the modern concept of remote control.

https://interestingengineering.com/a-62-year-old-paralyzed-man-sent-out-his-first-tweet-with-brain-chip

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/brain-chip-als-synchron-neuralink-computer-b1982745.html

https://www.iflscience.com/brain/man-with-als-sends-firstever-tweet-using-thoughts-and-braincomputer-interface/

As_We_May_Think was a future projection of technology from a 1945 perspective. Notice the (unintentional) 3rd eye symbolism.

https://wikimedia.org/wikipedia/The_Memex 

 An outlook_in_the_use_of_science and the advancement of technology over the next several decades and even centuries.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881

What would happen if most of civilizations could conjure up or 3D print and move things with the power of their mind?

http://worrydream.com/refs/Bush%20-%20As%20We%20May%20Think%20(Life%20Magazine%209-10-1945).pdf

http://sonify.psych.gatech.edu/~ben/references/bush_memex_revisited.pdf

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/2092806

https://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?cat=38

A little over a decade after AS WE MAY THINK was published, the movie Forbidden_Planet was released. Although no direct reference to 3D printed matter technology is made, a subterranean machine and or supercomputer is able to manufacture monsters from the_Id & just about anything else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_(American_TV_series) 2014 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2693776 , https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSINTELLIGENCE2013/videos

"Gabriel Vaughn is a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain. With this implant, Gabriel is the first human ever to be connected directly into the globalized information grid." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_(American_TV_series)#Plot

https://intelligencetvcbs.fandom.com/wiki/Season_One

https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/intelligence-season-1/id814793185

The character, Gabriel Vaughn wasn't crippled, he was just enhanced with a digital interface implant. 

That wasn't the case with The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man. 1973 After barely surviving from a crash from a Lifting_body vehicle, Steve_Austin was rebuilt into a Cyborg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man#Plot , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man#Steve_Austin's_bionics

There is the very low budget TV movie, Exo-Man from 1977 about a crippled man in a strong suit. The movie was never developed into a TV series.

M.A.N.T.I.S. did become a TV series, albeit for just one season. It was on a much higher budget than Exo-Man. 

Of course when the Iron_Man movies went into production, it was always on a big budget.

Top 10 Iron Man Suits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgmH0-viIzQ , https://www.youtube.com/c/Top10Nerd/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man#In_other_media

IRON MAN (2008) Creating the Suit [HD] Marvel Behind the Scenes

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYdiKocMlCI , https://www.youtube.com/c/JoBloSuperheroes/videos

How Far is Too Far? | The Age of A.I.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsrzCVZAb8

Humans, Gods and Technology

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQd_5as_cMY , https://www.youtube.com/c/vprodocumentary/videos

Cyborgs, Futurists, & Transhumanism: A Conversation

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHoTiGb2jlo , https://www.youtube.com/c/MuseumofScienceBoston1/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism , 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/06/no-death-and-an-enhanced-life-is-the-future-transhuman BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsTUEOqP-g

https://www.britannica.com/topic/transhumanism , 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarwantsingh/2017/11/20/transhumanism-and-the-future-of-humanity-seven-ways-the-world-will-change-by-2030

https://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/values.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Neuralink

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

Top Metaverse, Gaming, and NFT Projects to Watch in 2022

 https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269809/20211227/top-metaverse-gaming-and-nft-projects-to-watch-in-2022.htm

Of course the Metaverse will eventually become ubiquitous.

https://www.newsbtc.com/news/company/10-gaming-and-metaverse-projects-to-watch-in-2022

https://hackernoon.com/10-metaverse-projects-ill-be-watching-in-2022

https://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?cat=35

https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/xr-predictions-2022-virtual-and-augmented-reality-in-the-future-of-work/

https://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?cat=38

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Metaverse

Is The Metaverse Land Rush an Illusion?

 https://www.wired.com/story/metaverse-land-rush-illusion

What if this world is already part of someone else's MV?

Tim Dillon Tries to Sell Joe on the Metaverse

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUZvW3f-uzQ

https://venturebeat.com/2021/12/26/how-ai-vr-ar-5g-and-blockchain-may-converge-to-power-the-metaverse/

https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/cryptocurrency/articles/why-ark-invests-cathy-wood-thinks-the-metaverse-will-be-worth-trillions/

https://bernardmarr.com/metaverse-vs-multiverse-whats-the-difference

https://www.theverge.com/22744724/metaverse-multiverse-entertainment-future-fortnite

https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/xr-predictions-2022-virtual-and-augmented-reality-in-the-future-of-work/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Metaverse

Chinese artist Badiucao: Drawing truth to power

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/badiucao-60-minutes-2021-12-26 , https://www.badiucao.com

Badiucao remains defiant and continues to be a thorn in the side of the Communist-Corporate Power-structure (CCP) of Mainland China. https://www.instagram.com/badiucao/?hl=en

https://www.domusweb.it/en/art/gallery/2021/12/14/china-is-not-near-censorship-in-brescia-for-dissident-artist-badiucao.html

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italy-anti-chinese-government-badiucao-show-2034812

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3155981/defying-china-italian-city-opens-exhibit-dissident-artist

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/15/in-pictures-chinese-dissident-artist-defies-beijing-and-daily-death-threats-with-new-show-in-italy/

https://www.dw.com/en/italian-city-opens-chinese-dissident-art-show-despite-pressure-from-beijing/a-59811493

If art and information can't be freely distributed and protected, then any regime or corporate power-structure can continue to censor it.

The Challenges and Future Possibilities of AI and Virtual Reality

 https://bernardmarr.com/what-are-the-challenges-and-future-possibilities-of-virtual-reality

AI & VR will eventually become very intertwined.

https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/why-do-ai-and-vr-go-together-so-well/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/01/06/tech-experts-predict-13-areas-ai-and-vr-are-set-to-revolutionize/?sh=9448c8a25b02

https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/xr-predictions-2022-virtual-and-augmented-reality-in-the-future-of-work/

https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/why-are-photographic-avatars-vital-for-work-in-the-metaverse/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+metaverse

Alastair and The Sims...

Alastair_Sim was a human actor that stared in the Scrooge_(1951_film), in which he encountered a few sim like ghosts in his earthly reality. The concept of sentient entities or ghosts from a different frequency of the universe that can temporarily intersect and interact on this dimensional plane of existence, has been around since ancient times.

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Ghost

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/ts4-ghosts

"A guide to all ghost powers and abilities in The Sims 4, including interactions with other sims and with objects." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgT8eaCsdg4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/PeteyPlaysIt/videos

So what if Alastair_Sim as the Scrooge character, was in a simulation story interacting with sim-ghosts? What if this world is part of some kind of a cosmic construct of reality? 

"The Sims series is part of the larger Sim series, started by SimCity in 1989."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims

The 3D characters & the ghosts are all sims in the computer game & program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_packs_for_The_Sims_3#Supernatural

The Sims & Ghosts 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2oI62NSurI

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-01-17-the-sims-4-ghosts--pla7007

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Ghost Its all part of exploring the-simulation-hypothesis. 

Charles_Dickens was essentially writing about ghost-sims in the earth reality or simulation back in the 1840s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol#Plot 1843

A world where ghosts, vampires, monsters, tricksters and Jokers can pop in or out of this reality in an instance.

https://www.nashvillechatterclass.com/sims-patents-hint-at-ai-technology-being-used-in-the-game/53211

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine#Arthur_Koestler

From a cantankerous old man story to a kids story playing in a very high-tech sandbox or VR room. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(short_story) 1950 

The_Illustrated_Man was published in 1951, the same year as the Scrooge movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man#The_Veldt Sort of like a Digital Sandbox_game in a VR room or the Holodeck in STAR+TREK. 

https://wikimedia.org/Holodeck

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Holodeck , 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AXcBGGQyHY , https://www.youtube.com/c/TrekCulture/videos

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Holodeck2.jpg (What if your life is a lemon? Then you might try to see if you can improve things.)

U2 performing Lemon in the Holodeck MATRIX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcx9F_FW2U

https://turingchurch.net/book-review-the-simulated-multiverse-by-rizwan-virk-e3cadd505d6d

There is a line in the movie, The_Thirteenth_Floor. Someone asks, how many worlds are in the simulation? 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/04/the-nature-of-reality-tnor.html

Elon+Musk: Are We Living in a Simulation?

"Among popular public thinkers advocating for the simulation hypothesis is Elon Musk who stated: if you assume any rate of improvement at all, games will eventually be indistinguishable from reality“ before concluding “that its most likely we’re in a simulation. Elon Musk is known in the philosophical community to make "outrageous" claims, whether its about the advent of digital superintelligence, or in this case, according to some skeptics of the simulation hypothesis, Elon Musk exaggerates the probability that we might be living in a simulation. Another high-profile proponent to the hypothesis is famous astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson, who said in an NBC news interview that the hypothesis is correct giving “better than 50-50 odds” and adding: I wish I could summon a strong argument against it, but I can find none In a review of the literature on simulated realities, philosopher Nick Bostrom argues that although it is difficult to prove that we are living in a simulation, "It is nevertheless generally considered acceptable philosophy to question the reality of our own existence. A typical member of an advanced civilization would have a high probability of being among the simulated minds rather than among the original biological ones. Therefore, if we are typical, we should consider that we might be living in a simulation. Thus, the possibility that we are living in a simulation is greater than we might have supposed. Some hypotheses hold that if it is possible to simulate reality, then it is also possible to leave behind copies of everyone within these simulations. It has further been suggested that these simulated people may be conscious or sentient, although this idea belongs more in the realm of philosophy rather than scientific inquiry.  

Although the simulation hypothesis has sound philosophical arguments, before its taken seriously scientifically, proponents of the hypothesis have to produce experiments to support the idea with evidence." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3VPRow8xI4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/ScienceTime24/videos

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/are-we-living-in-the-matrix-

https://evolutionnews.org/2019/04/mits-rizwan-virk-on-simulation-theory-aka-intelligent-design

Donald Hoffman Proves That We Live in a Simulation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAfjsktMXu8

2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSZA3NPpBs , https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Did+Philip+K.+Dick+disclose+the+real+Matrix+in+1977

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Matrix+Resurrections

Digital Combat Simulator World https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoIiSS0lfL7aX4BtbC-YGQA

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=simulation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sims Humanoids from clay to digital dolls. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Nature+Of+Reality

The James Webb Space Telescope Explores the Cosmos

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtjkNsnC--A , https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldScienceFestival/videos

What if it's all the equivalent of someones planetarium within something like a holodeck?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=James+Webb+Telescope

The Matrix Resurrections Cast and Character Guide

 https://collider.com/matrix-resurrections-cast-list-characters-who-plays-explained/

The return of some of the same characters but played by different actors can work. However, it's best to get the original actors, whenever possible.

https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3696696/review-matrix-resurrections-gets-deeply-nostalgic-sentimental-legacy

https://bloody-disgusting.com/tag/the-matrix-resurrections

https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/the-matrix-resurrections-review

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Characters+in+the+Matrix+series

Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #250

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0-SXS6zdEQ , https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman/videos

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/amazing-dna

https://www.mpg.de/7023555/W002_Biology-Medicine_056-063.pdf

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-surprise-source-of-life-s-code

Reality seems to overlap or intersect with organic & inorganic analog material, as well as a Quantum digital level.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/21/why-its-dangerous-to-liken-dna-to-computer-code

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Source+Code

Listening to CDs and vinyl, etc.

 https://www.wired.com/story/you-should-listen-to-cds/#intcid=recommendations_right-rail-personalized-popularity-mab-experiment_05b57b2d-9aff-4289-a744-f8d1bde6d81b_personalized-popularity-mab-strategy

Even the DVD was phased out quite a while ago. However, its important to try to keep all or as many data storage formats as much as possible. This is now an era when almost anything can be sent down the memory hole to be forgotten about. Any digitally stored data can be turned into digital kindling as a new version of book burning. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Parker#Napster

https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parker-life-career-napster-facebook-billionaire-pictures-2020-3

Eventually Napster was put to sleep due to so many copyright violations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A&M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster#Shutdown

Still such a cool song & video by Ice-T distributing music & information, long before the days of peer-to-peer_file_sharing.

Ice-T - I'm Your Pusher (Official Video) from the album 'Power' (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h5JO2sJ3kw

Real-Time Error Correction for Quantum Computing

 https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/184

The faster and more powerful a computer is, the better the ability to analyse the cosmos.

https://scitechdaily.com/important-milestone-reached-in-quantum-computing-with-error-correction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_error_correction

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quantum-computer-error-correction-multiple-qubits-detect-mistakes

https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-achieve-fault-tolerant-control-of-an-error-corrected-qubit

https://www.techradar.com/news/quantum-computing-forget-qubits-all-the-cool-kids-are-talking-about-qutrits-now

Theoretical Physicist Finds Computer Code in String Theory

"Working on a branch of physics called supersymmetry, Dr. James Gates Jr., discovered what he describes as the presence of what appear to resemble a form of computer code, called error correcting codes, embedded within, or resulting from, the equations of supersymmetry that describe fundamental particles." https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hhjeg

Is the Universe a Mathematical Simulation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZQv1wWnOm0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/NourFoundation/videos

Jim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right | Lex Fridman Podcast #60

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUHkhB366tE , https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman/videos

https://www.space.com/32543-universe-a-simulation-asimov-debate.html

PwC Hong Kong purchases land plot in The Sandbox

 https://cointelegraph.com/news/pwc-hong-kong-purchases-land-plot-in-the-sandbox

https://cointelegraph.com/news/virtual-land-in-the-metaverse-dominated-nft-sales-over-past-week

There was a point when coins represented a very small portion of a kingdoms or nations wealth. Then eventually paper, fiber or plastic money became an extension of the presumed wealth of a nation. As digital transactions continued to grow over the decades, money became mostly within its own Virtual Reality. Its all become ones & zeros in banks and their computers.

https://cointelegraph.com/blockchain-for-beginners/how-does-blockchain-work-everything-there-is-to-know

https://cointelegraph.com/blockchain-for-beginners , https://cointelegraph.com/explained

https://cointelegraph.com/blockchain-for-beginners/what-is-metaverse-in-blockchain-a-beginners-guide-on-an-internet-enabled-virtual-world

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+metaverse

The Matrix Resurrections take on showing video games in movies

 https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/23/22850518/matrix-resurrections-video-game-movie-simulation-reality

People will like this movie while others won't. Then there will be those that are in between.

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/12/23/22850565/matrix-revolutions-sequel-reboot-meta

This really has become a 4 part story.

https://www.ign.com/videos/the-complete-matrix-timeline

https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/the-matrix-resurrections-review/

https://www.ign.com/videos/the-matrix-resurrection-ending-explained-breakdown-easter-eggs-canon-fodder

https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3696696/review-matrix-resurrections-gets-deeply-nostalgic-sentimental-legacy

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-matrix-resurrections-review

The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU0gvPcc3jQ , https://www.youtube.com/c/UnrealEngine/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Video+Games

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=tmi

William Gibson and the Cyberpunk MATRIX

William_Gibson has such a visionary_influence_and_prescience in books and media in general.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Early_writing_and_the_evolution_of_cyberpunk

Cyberpunk: The Documentary (1990)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdvxPlhTjDU

https://speculiction.blogspot.com/search?q=William+Gibson

What is Cyberpunk? - The Origin of the SciFi Subgenre - Science Fiction, Expressionism and Film Noir

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bayOKcN64

The Phenomenon of Cyberpunk

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRMZFgn06XQ

Of course before William Gibson there was PKD.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Philip+K.+Dick

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+MATRIX+intersection tmi

Philip K. Dick and the Birth of Cyberpunk

 https://gizmodo.com/the-death-of-philip-k-dick-and-the-birth-of-cyberpunk-5865721

https://cyberpunkmatrix.com/2020/02/22/the-influence-of-philip-k-dick-on-film/

https://www.amazon.com/Cyberpunk-Philip-K-Dick-Science-Fiction/s?rh=n%3A9059887011%2Cp_lbr_one_browse-bin%3APhilip+K.+Dick

Philip+K.D. intersected with and blended so many themes.

Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, and the Relevancy of Cyberpunk

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK6IjJkjkiI

William+Gibson like so many people, were influenced by, PKD.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+MATRIX+intersection tmi

Nick Bostrom - The Simulation Argument

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnl6nY8YKHs

Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #83

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKiTGj-zeQ

Nick Bostrom: Why Our Brains Themselves May Be Simulated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td_qaNy1W9U

Nick Bostrom on the Joe Rogan Podcast Conversation About the Simulation

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx7DLImJ1Mw , https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman/videos

Why is the Simulation Interesting to Elon Musk? (Nick Bostrom) 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpKisty1EU

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=simulation

Richard Dawkins: The Programmer of the Simulation Came About Through Evolution

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkudRy8b8JY , https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman/videos

Richard Dawkins: Evolution, Intelligence, Simulation, and Memes | Lex Fridman Podcast #87

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f-JlzBuUUU

Its the debate of the ages. Is consciousness merely the product of a natural evolving world in an ancient universe? Or is there a running cosmic program in which the programmer links consciousness into temporary life experience forms?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_F._Galouye#Novels_and_stories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_on_a_Wire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+13th+Floor

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=simulation

From the Simulacron-3 story to the Earth Simulator 4 Supercomputer

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3

http://speculiction.blogspot.com/2016/12/review-of-simulacron-3-by-daniel-galouye.html

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/807801.Simulacron_3

"McBain at this point has realized the nature of his own reality, and jokingly asks Jane, "So, is somebody going to unplug me now?" She answers "no", so McBain follows with the request "Look, do me a favor, when you get back to wherever it is you come from, just leave us the hell alone down here, okay?"

David's death as Hall in the 1990s simulation allows Hall's artificial consciousness to take control of David's body in the real world. He wakes in 2024, connected to a VR system. He disconnects the system and finds Jane and her father, the real Hannon Fuller. Jane wants to tell Hall more about the simulation, but as she begins the film ends, the screen image collapsing to a thin line of light before going dark like a computer monitor being turned off." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor#Plot

At the end of The 13th Floor movie, was it merely artificial consciousness or a digital copy of the original? In the movie Source Code, the actual persons consciousness is transmitted into another timeline. 

About half a year after the release of The 13th Floor and The Matrix, construction commenced on The Earth Simulator. 

"Construction started in October 1999, and the site officially opened on 11 March 2002." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Simulator (TES)

However, TES wasn't meant to simply be a giant video-game console.

https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/09/27/jamstec-goes-hybrid-on-many-vectors-with-earth-simulator-4-supercomputer

Unlike the ending of the Source_Code movie, the technology doesn't exist yet to transmit a persons consciousness into an alternate time-line.

"Being more sympathetic to his plight, Goodwin sends Stevens back one last time and promises to disconnect his life support after eight minutes. This time, he sets a date with Christina, defuses the bomb, apprehends Frost, and reports him to the police. He calls his father under the guise of a fellow soldier and reconciles with him, and sends Goodwin an email. After eight minutes, Goodwin terminates Stevens' life support.

As the world around him continues to progress beyond eight minutes, Stevens confirms his suspicion that Source Code is not merely a simulation, but rather a machine that allows him to create alternate timelines. Christina and he leave the train and go on a date. In the same (alternate) reality, Goodwin receives Stevens' message. He tells her of Source Code's true capability and asks her to help the alternate-reality version of him." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code#Plot

Source+Code Emotional Scene (Phone call)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHOUYa5dvJA

"A man travels back in time to get help from his younger self to confront their late father." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_Project#Premise

Digital Combat Simulator World https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoIiSS0lfL7aX4BtbC-YGQA 

DCS World is just one of the many ways that a person can simulate time travel. (TT)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems#D-Wave_2X_and_D-Wave_2000Q

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Q_System_One

Jaron Lanier

 Jaron_Lanier has been at the top of his game for decades. http://www.jaronlanier.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaron_Lanier#Early_life_and_education

Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & The Future of Humans and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #218

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx0G6DHMfXM Full segment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx0G6DHMfXM , https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman/videos

The First Full-Size 3D Print of a Human Heart...

"Imagine having the option to get a 3D-printed organ. Well, a team of biomedical engineers from Carnegie Mellon University has just developed the first flexible, full-size, 3D-print of a human heart, bringing us one step closer to that reality." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rfeCSQxDBg , https://www.youtube.com/c/Seeker/videos , https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/3dprinting

Well, that post was from 2020. Where will this tech be by 2030 or 2050 & 2100?

This reality consists of organic and inorganic matter. Combine that with the quantum level of reality, non local reality, spooky action at a distance, the multiverse concept, point to point space/time links and data transfers, IE, Star-gates...

This experimental 3D printable extruder works with timing belts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV0sm_t--rg , https://www.youtube.com/c/ProperPrinting/videos

3D Printing Machine Parts with Carbon-Fiber Nylon | NylonX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz0mHEarzFI , https://www.youtube.com/c/Clough42/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/ModBotArmy/videos

3D Printing with Neil Patrick Harris! Prusa Unbox & First Print!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhtnsR939DE , https://www.youtube.com/c/3DPrintingNerd/videos

Just imagine if a distant future civilization has the ability to print up portions of a cosmic simulation.

A copy of a copy from or within copies of a larger reality.

Nine Inch Nails - Copy of a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA281OuU3rk , https://www.youtube.com/c/nin/videos

The ALIEN Xenomorph Concept Suit

 https://bloody-disgusting.com/toys/3696946/mezcos-latest-alien-action-figure-brings-original-xenomorph-concept-suit-life/

H.R. Giger might very well be the first artist to create the bio-mechanical alien insect creature for art and Sci-Fi entertainment. His creations still serve as a warning of possible ET-Frankenstein monsters.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=HRG

The Matrix Resurrections: the big reveal...

 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/22/the-matrix-resurrections-the-bonkers-visuals-the-love-story-and-the-final-reveal-discuss-with-spoilers

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Jefferson+Airplane+Matrix

The MATRIX series of movies was never meant to be only perceived as Sc-Fi entertainment. However, people can easily just take it in as merely entertainment. Its more about pondering, The-Nature-Of-Reality and Existence. Indeed, one can play the game "existence" to the end, of the beginning...

"Turn off your mind relax and float down-stream,
It is not dying, it is not dying,
Lay down all thought surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining.

That you may see the meaning of within,
It is being, it is being,
That love is all and love is everyone,
It is knowing, it is knowing.

That ignorance and haste may mourn the dead,
It is believing, it is believing,
But listen to the color of your dreams,
It is not living, it is not living.

Or play the game "existence" to the end.
Of the beginning, of the beginning.

Of the beginning. Of the beginning." https://www.thebeatles.com/tomorrow-never-knows

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Knows (1966) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNbHn3i9S4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatles/videos

Especially, the revealing of the Fourth_Wall as part of the overall story.

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/breaking-the-fourth-wall

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-breaking-the-fourth-wall-works-in-film-and-tv#what-is-the-fourth-wall

https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3696696/review-matrix-resurrections-gets-deeply-nostalgic-sentimental-legacy

https://speculiction.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Matrix

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=U2+Matrix

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+MATRIX+intersection tmi

The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgF3OX8nT0w , https://www.youtube.com/c/veritasium/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Q_System_One

https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/what-is-quantum-computing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_quantum_computing_and_communication#2020s

DNA and Quantum Computers https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/2955239.2955419

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/quantum-computers-used-hard-drives-made-dna/

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can-we-have-a-DNA-based-computer-act-as-a-Quantum-Computer-too-If-yes-then-how-If-no-then-why-not-Please-refer-to-the-description-mentioned-below-related-to-the-concerned-question

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_complexity_theory#Background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_quantum_computing_and_communication#2021