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From tablets to the explosion of reality TV, these are the five sci-fi movies that accurately predicted the future ...

Watching a movie is all about kicking back in a comfy chair with a bucket of popcorn and letting the story unfold. But that might change thanks to virtual reality.

From absurdist satires like Brazil to action-packed dystopias like RoboCop, these startling sci-fi settings are dangerously ...

As I watched Strange Days in 2025, I couldn't help thinking of the virtual reality devices that exist today. VR headsets like the Meta Quest 3 and Google's upcoming AR glasses are bringing us ...

Though it sounds like something from the future, virtual reality has been around for decades, ... Watching a horror movie in VR, say, could cause real trauma, according to Madsen.

Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One became an enormous hit, enthralling viewers with its original mix of nostalgia, virtual reality, and futuristic adventure.

In doing so, it has become a commentary on defining issues of the 21st-century: surveillance, consumerism, artificial intelligence, social media, data privacy, virtual reality and more.