Megacorporations Redefine Reality in a VR Simulation
In an immersive virtual reality environment, leaders of the world's largest corporations gather. Their goal is not to discuss physical territories, but to manipulate overlaid layers of reality that they consider more valuable than the tangible world. 🌐
The Physical World Becomes an Obsolete Substrate
The participants, through high-end avatars, do not negotiate political borders. Instead, they allocate permissions to exploit and alter different strata of reality. One consortium secures exclusive control over all geolocation data of a continent. Another group buys the right to modify air quality indices in an area, able to display perfect readings regardless of actual pollution. The biosphere and digital space become commodities.
Main Agreements in the Simulation:- Allocate exclusive rights to exploit specific data layers at the continental level.
- Grant licenses to alter environmental metrics, such as air quality, regardless of the actual situation.
- Reduce the importance of nations to mere administrative entities that cede sovereignty in exchange for technology.
"In my plot, I want the reality layer to show a always clear sky and birds singing in synthesizer." - Comment from an attendee during the conference.
Standardizing the Perception of Reality
The final discussion focuses on creating a unified protocol. This system will allow end-users' neural implants to only receive the reality layer that the corporation owning the area decides to transmit. The planet transforms into a digital palimpsest, where what is perceived as real can be written or erased according to commercial interests.
Consequences of This New Model:- National sovereignty over environmental and data elements is transferred to private entities.
- The tangible world loses its intrinsic value, becoming only a support for modified layers.
- What people can perceive through their neural devices is directly controlled.
A Future of Editable Realities
This conference marks a turning point where physical reality is relegated. Megacorporations not only manage resources, but now define the rules of perception. The concept of a single, objective world dissolves, replaced by multiple overlaid and commercial realities that users will experience passively. 🔮