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San Junipero, Black Mirror and the Virtual Reality (VR)

Did you ever watch Black Mirro series ? If not, I highly recommend watching.  Well worth it. (and I confess: for me, " San Junipero" is the best episode of this series that I consider one of the best I've ever seen).   Let's go.   If you've already watched, have you noticed how much similarity there is between the San Jenipero episode and the virtual reality that have been growing through devices like the Gear VR glasses, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift?   For those who have not attended yet (warning: spoiler !!) and will not have time to briefly see two women meet in "San Jenipero" at a local bar called Tucker's in the mid 80's. From then on the story begins to unfold (in a very interesting way, by the way).   At one point, one of them starts looking for the other in the same bar, and then the thing takes an unexpected and wonderful course: this search ends up happening between scenes in the 80s, 90s and 2000s when finally, th...