[tobydownton]

This is the single best article I've read that explains why I'm writing the novel I'm writing.

It's called Solarversia, and it's about a game played in Virtual Reality by 100m people in the year 2020. I'm going to publish it on the same day that Oculus Rift goes on sale to the public, and plan to make the game for real by using the profits from the book / film to form a company (the same one mentioned in the book). My entire marketing plan is based around the book and my lofty (naive / innocent / stupid) aim is to create "the" VR app, or at least one of the VR apps that everyone knows and loves.

It's the first time in my life (I'm 38) that I feel like I'm ahead of the curve on something. Exciting times.

[grub5000]

You should read "Ready Player One" if you haven't already. The VR in the book is called Oasis. It might give you some ideas to go with yours:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/009...

Best of luck, man.

[tobydownton]

Hey, sorry the late reply! I already read RPO as soon as someone else told me about it, and I absolutely loved it! Thanks so much for mentioning it. I'm even going to brand Solarversia as:

"Hunger Games meets Ready Player One"

(but someone told me it work better using Hitchhiker's Guide as more people know it.)

[Intermernet]

This sounds wonderful, and I wish you the best of luck.

I love the idea of a game being deliberately based on a book about that exact game. I'll buy the book, and back the game.

I assume I'll also need to buy an Oculus Rift at that point...

[tobydownton]

Awesome, thanks for saying so. I'll dm you website details, but for anyone else reading the thread: http://solarversia.com/about/