Idoru

Idoru deals primarly with the impending marriage of Rez (one half of the superstar rock act Lo/Rez) to the virtual idol Rei Toei. While the book examines the story from several characters' viewpoints and deals with the social and technical aspects of virtual marriage, the technology necessary to create an illusion deserves specific attention. The human eye has incredible resolving power, with the ability to process more than 500 megapixels (using the closest approximation between digital technology and our analog biology) when the best televisions today can display perhaps 2 megapixels. Given this, the idea of creating a free-floating, 3-d display that appears as crisp and sharp as the real flesh-and-blood person beside you is shocking and seemingly impossible, yet intriguing.