In how far can the movie compensate this, and what effects does it have on the novel? The next chapter focuses on the meaning of friends and family within the virtual reality. Especially when it comes to the school system the novel offers a very detailed description, whereas the movie seems to lack this notion.

For this, the second chapter explores the representation of working possibilities as well as educational possibilities in and around the OASIS.

The first chapter is going to describe how the OASIS works in both versions and how it is used by the people.Īfterwards, this paper will focus on social aspects. In the main part of this paper, I will investigate different aspects of the OASIS. What is actually possible in our world? Are the technological portrayals in the novel and the movie realistic from our point of view, or is it purely hypothetical? Are there aspects our society could even learn from? Furthermore, it enables a comparison to our present reality. In how far does the representation of the virtual world and its technological attributes differ? Where does the movie make cuts and what focus does each version choose?įirstly, a theoretical approach on Virtual Reality will offer a better understanding of the background technology in Ready Player One.

Nevertheless, the novel offers a more profound representation of the virtual world which results in a different portrayal of the novel’s characters and their relationship with others and the world as a whole. In both versions of the story the OASIS plays a prominent role. This paper aims at pointing out the difference of the importance of the OASIS in Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One and its movie adaptation.

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