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    Ready Player One - Nolan Sorrento sells ads

    Steven Tuccio

    5 HN mentions · mentioned in 5 months, 2019–2026

    YouTube

    0:26 · 129K views · Nov 2, 2018

    A short clip from Ready Player One in which Nolan Sorrento pitches selling ad space in the Oasis, including a joke about selling much of a user's visual field.

    HN posts it as a joke whenever a company pushes intrusive advertising or metaverse monetization.

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    5 comments from Hacker News

    1. @sandreasJul 2026· in “BMWs shows in-car ads for Spiderman”

      I think the only way vendors will learn that this is not acceptable is people not buying their stuff any more. In my opinion Windows has pushed "slop" too far and is now experiencing lowering market share and I really hope this happens to all the companies trying a B055man69 move[1] on their customers. 1: Nolan Sorrento, Ready Player One, this video

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    2. @kaygeAug 2025· in “Genie 3: A new frontier for world models”

      Hopefully they'll skip this[0] part: "...once we can rollback some of Halliday's ad restrictions, we estimate we can sell up to 80% of an individual's visual field before inducing seizures!" [0] this video

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    3. @franky47Sep 2019· in “Facebook Horizon”

      The fact that Facebook is behind it reminds me of Nolan Sorrento's desire to increase advertising space in the Oasis [1]. [1] this video

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    4. @jareklupinskiJul 2021· in “Even if you’re paying, you’re still the product”

      "We estimate we can sell up to 80% of an individual's visual field before inducing seizures." this video i guess 81% is the end :P

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    5. @DatenstromSep 2021· in “Facebook invests $50M to build the 'metaverse' in responsible manner”

      Actual footage from the Facebook board meeting discussing responsibly building the 'metaverse'. this video

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