World on a Wire story
A television serial film surrounding a powerful computer, called the Simulacron 1, that can simulate reality.
11 total · 3 choice · 3 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| speculative virtual reality | choice | The film was about Dr. Fred Stiller piecing together that the world of his experience was all a computer simulation. Interestingly, Dr. Stiller was in charge of running a supercomputer, the Simulacron 1, that simulated another reality from within his own reality. |
| the universe is a simulation | choice | It turned out that Dr. Stiller was living inside a simulated reality. |
| what if I found out I was a simulation | choice | The manager of the Simulacron computer, Fred Stiller, uncovered that he himself was a simulated character inside a computer from an even higher level of reality. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | Dr. Stiller tried to evade a manhunt that was on for him. |
| questioning one's sanity | major | Dr. Stiller something pondered whether or not he might be crazy because of all the computer glitches he was experiencing. |
| virtual person | major | Dr. Stiller came to realize that he and everyone else in his reality were computer simulations. |
| early computer | minor | The Simulacron 1 mainframe-style supercomputer. |
| labor strikes in society | minor | The workers at the Simulacron 1 computer facility went on strike. |
| mind transfer technology | minor | Eva Vollmer transfered the mind of the simulated Dr. Stiller into the body of a man in the real world who looked just like him. |
| romantic love | minor | Real person Eva Vollmer fell in love with simulated person Dr. Stiller. |