[GeoAtreides]

>I personally think that audiovisual media is far, far superior to reading

From my personal experience, reading is the closest humankind as ever got to holodecks. There is nothing except reading that provides that level of immersion, and there will not be until we _actually_ invent the holodecks.

[delichon]

I'm not so sure. I live in a reality with more detail and fidelity than a holodeck, and I still often find books to be more immersive.

If I had a holodeck I'd probably use it to sit somewhere nice and well lighted and read a book.

[GeoAtreides]

to be fair, I was simplifying my point a bit: by holodeck I actually meant the immersive VR from The Culture.