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to get into and out of the real or virtual world in The Matrix by choosing one of two pills – and yes, his special, cool AR/VR glasses. His instructions were real simple, “You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.” Tough choice--the cold hard rteal or fake reality. Fortunately, he picked the right pill because it led to some great sequels and a so-so video game. Of course, in the movies, games get better. Last year, Free Guy showed you could actually spend your entire life in games like Free City simply by putting on or taking off the glasses. Once he found out he wanted to make a difference like Neo did and said, “I know this world is just a game, but this place, these people, that's all I have. So, I'm not gonna be the good guy. I'm gonna be a great guy.” The whole idea was that life doesn't have to be something that just happens to us. But with Hollywood, nothing just happens as we saw what happened in the pre-pandemic Ready Player One. Even as far out as 2045, the tech industry is still struggling to help folks move back and forth between the real and virtual worlds. And the producers didn’t show any clear winner because they used Meta/Facebook’s Oculus Rift, HTC’s Vive and Microsoft’s HoloLens.