"The oasis World cannot be left without any constraints; it will become a safe haven for many people to escape reality," Harry said bluntly.
The virtual World is a beautiful place, and this was Halliday's original intention for developing the oasis.
This version of the oasis is completely a game World without any restrictions; as long as you have the money to buy the equipment, you have already crossed the first and last threshold.
The oasis has its own currency, its own ways of making money, and you can enjoy high-stimulation activities that cannot be experienced in the real World without bearing any risk.
Between the cruel reality and the beautiful virtual World, many people will choose to indulge in it.
Norman is already doing his best to revitalize society with the help of Osborn's black technology, but this still requires everyone's effort and time.
After experiencing things like an Aliens invasion, the unemployment rate and death rate across the U.S. are actually lower than during the financial crisis, which is already a miracle.
But it is conceivable that there are still people just barely hanging on through work, because the drug abuse rate here remains among the highest in the World.
Harry believes that in time, as the economic situation improves and life becomes easier, people will have more time to discover the beauty of reality and better distinguish between reality and the virtual World.
But in the current situation, it is hard to say that such a World would not cause Norman's efforts to go to waste.
Morrow is a realistic person, and he can understand Harry's thoughts.
But Halliday is not; he clearly does not agree with Harry's words: "Boundless imagination is the most beautiful thing. If we put shackles on this World, then what is the point of me creating it?"
In his view, the game World is an old friend that has accompanied him for decades, the reason that supported him through his low points and allowed him to hold on until today.
But he can perfect his real life and satisfy his own spiritual needs by selling the oasis, but can others do the same?
Harry shook his head.
"It has many meanings, but the most important one is that it should serve reality, not become a place to escape reality."
To be honest, Harry is also in a bit of a dilemma—in the movie "Ready Player One," the protagonist solved this problem by putting an anti-addiction system on the whole World, but is that possible?
Anyway, Harry thinks it's unlikely.
If a person is addicted to it, even if he is only given one day of the oasis a week, he can spend the rest of his time focusing all his attention on imagining what he will do that day.
Imagine if a person is only thinking about how to play on the weekend while working, how could he have any interest in doing anything groundbreaking?
Similarly, if a student studies with this mindset, how can they study well?
A balance point, a connection, must be established between the framework World and the normal World.
"Can we set it so that characters lose everything after death?" Morrow said from the side.
Actually, he had sensed this problem to some extent; after all, he was the one running around to raise funds, while Halliday was an idealist who was single-mindedly focused on it.
If Morrow had also been single-mindedly focused on research, the two of them would probably have been sleeping on the streets long ago.
"Let's discuss this problem later; I have better technology—you two try it first." Harry clapped his hands and showed them two virtual reality pods.
The two were stunned—this thing was very similar to the "high-end equipment" they had imagined.
But the Oscorp seemed to have never shown any relevant technology. If they could come up with such a thing all of a sudden, then why would they need to invest in them?
To figure this out, they first had to try out how good this device was, so they lay down in it.
"How do you two feel?"
Harry appeared in front of them again; now they were in a grassland.
This grassland was vivid; the grass swaying in the wind, the dazzling sunlight, the snow-capped mountains in the distance, it was almost as if they were really there.
But this was not what surprised them the most.
What surprised them the most was the soft grass, the gentle breeze, and the slight burning sensation of strong sunlight on their bodies.
This shocked them greatly.
You know, such visuals are not a problem for the oasis; they could also produce the effect of being hit or touched through some feedback suits.
But it could definitely not be this realistic.
"We can't do this, how is this possible?" Halliday felt a bit conflicted. On one hand, he was incredibly curious about this World, but on the other hand, he felt a sense of frustration.
In fact, there was something even more outrageous. Harry casually plucked a blade of grass and put it in his mouth to chew.
The two blankly followed Harry and did the same—
They found that the grass did not just disappear with a "whoosh," and they could feel the texture and taste of the grass in their mouths?
The two suddenly grabbed a handful of grass and put it in their mouths like vagrants who had been starving for two weeks!
Until they confirmed that it was real, they truly experienced the sense of taste!
Not only that, they noticed something they had subconsciously ignored: ever since they entered this grassland, a faint smell of soil had been permeating the surroundings.
The sense of taste and smell—this was completely not on the same level as current VR technology!
But even so, they were still holding on to a sliver of hope—they could also carefully prepare soil and fresh grass in the virtual pods.
"I didn't call you here from thousands of miles away just to feed you grass. Let's look at the next scene." Harry smiled and swiped out a control menu.
In the blink of an eye, the surroundings turned into a noisy New York market, and Harry handed two slices of pizza to the two.
After tasting the pizza, the scene turned into a dry desert, with edible cacti right at hand.
Then they experienced a noisy dance hall, a bloody battlefield, a silent seabed, and so on, in turn.
Switching so many scenes in a short time made them feel dizzy, and they repeatedly called for a stop.
"Please stop, Mr. Osborn! I-I can't take it anymore!" Morrow knelt on one knee and shouted.
Harry saw that it was enough and switched the scene back to the previous meeting room.
Although Halliday also felt uncomfortable, he was more pleasantly surprised.
If virtual reality could reach this level, wouldn't he be able to go to the sky?
However, this is what Harry was worried about: in a sense, this set of virtual reality pods could even achieve a better anesthetic effect than drugs.
If it were just for making money, it wouldn't matter, but the problem is that this Universe is not just inhabited by humans. If everyone hides in the virtual World, what will happen when the Aliens come?
Shout "the Aliens have occupied Earth" again?
Halliday might not have thought so much when he pioneered this technology, but in the movie, his oasis caused countless people to become addicted to it.
He was looking for someone to operate this technology, not to develop "electronic drugs."
Harry knocked on the two virtual reality pods:
"This technology has great potential, and I have high hopes for it, but people cannot give up reality because of it."
While speaking, he opened the virtual reality pods, and Halliday and Morrow saw themselves lying in the pods.
Both of them had their eyes closed tightly, but the corners of their mouths could not stop curving upward. From this perspective, they looked like two fools.
"If you two are the kind of people who only know how to lie inside, tell me, can you still build that oasis World?"
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