TNOR
https://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html
AR and VR
They Live was one if the first depictions of something like AR glasses.https://fusionanomaly.net/theylive.html A filtered layer of reality under the ET layer of reality. Only the AR glasses reveal the larger perception of reality. Ray_Nelson_(author) created quite a fascinating story in 1963. Then John_Carpenter created the fantastic movie in 1988. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live#Development
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a44067373/best-ar-smart-glasses/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-smart-glasses
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=247
https://pvto.weebly.com/uploads/9/1/5/0/91508780/eight_o%E2%80%99clock_in_the_morning-nelson.pdf , https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/5841632
Then in the early 1990s, the world got to see the forerunner of the MATRIX in the form of the Zoo_TV_Tour. https://www.u2.com/tour/id/54
Bono_as_The_Fly_in Cleveland_(1992) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#The_Fly
https://cyberartsweb.org/cpace/scifi/gibson/matrix.html
https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Matrix
https://twitter.com/GreatDismal/status/1164240403270270976
https://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html
https://www.u2.com/news/title/exclusive_clips_from_new_william_gibson_movie_730
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/7-classic-sci-fi-influences-on-the-original-the-matrix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peripheral (2014)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peripheral_(TV_series)#Episodes
https://collider.com/westworld-what-is-the-forge-sublime-season-4-bernard-dolores/
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/westworld-season-4-ending-explained-what-happens-to-dolores/
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Valley_Beyond
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(short_story)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIKOQK18kvo
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=604
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man_(film)#Story_summaries
https://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/illustrated_man_bradbury/Illustrated_Man_Study_Guide05.html