# Did Ready Player One (2018) come true?

Largely, yes. Ready Player One (2018) has a P(n) of 78% on Nearfi's P(n) Board, our estimate of the chance its future arrives within 20 years. Of its 4 tracked predictions, 2 have arrived and 2 are arriving. Its central premise, 'A single persistent, shared virtual world, entered through a headset, becomes where a large share of the population plays, studies and works', is partly here. The next prediction is estimated to arrive around 2038.

Source: https://nearfi.co/predictions/ready-player-one-2018

## Predictions

- **ARRIVING** (weight 5/5): A single persistent, shared virtual world, entered through a headset, becomes where a large share of the population plays, studies and works. Estimated 2045 (range 2036–2070).
- **ARRIVED** (weight 4/5): The company that owns a mass virtual world sells advertising placed inside it, in the space users look at and walk through. Arrived 2025.
- **ARRIVED** (weight 3/5): A virtual world's currency and goods are worth real money, and people earn real incomes from what they build and win inside it. Arrived 2025.
- **ARRIVING** (weight 3/5): Consumers use haptic suits, gloves and omnidirectional treadmills that let the body feel and move through a virtual world. Estimated 2038 (range 2031–2055).