![]() ![]() Moreover, "simulacron" is closely derivative of simulacrum, a superficial image representing a non-existent original. Symbolically, the title term "Simulacron-3" refers to the just-built virtual reality simulator and ostensibly references a third attempt at "simulectronics" (the reality-simulating technology), however, the "3" also refers to the novel’s three levels of "reality," or three levels of computer simulation - if the final, "real" world is simulated. As time and events unwind, he progressively grasps that his own world likely is not “real” and might be only a computer-generated simulation. The protagonist, Douglas Hall, is with Lynch when he vanishes, and Hall subsequently struggles to suppress his inchoate madness. The simulator’s lead scientist, Hannon Fuller, dies mysteriously, and a co-worker, Morton Lynch, vanishes. The computer-generated city simulation is so well-programmed, that, although the inhabitants have their own consciousness, they are unaware, except for one, that they are only electronic impulses in a computer. Simulacron 3 is the story of a virtual city (total environment simulator) for marketing research, developed by a scientist to reduce the need for opinion polls. Galouye, is an American science fiction novel featuring an early literary description of virtual reality. Simulacron-3 (1964) (also published as Counterfeit World), by Daniel F. ![]()
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