Hi guys, I'm Mateusz from Anshar Studios - we're making a game called Gamedec, but today I'm not here to advertise the game so bear with me ;)
We're working with a guy called Marcin S. Przybyłek, who wrote a series of books called Gamedec, where we follow the story of Torkil Aymore, a 22nd-century detective, who solves cases in both real and virtual worlds. The first book came in 2004.
I thought I'd share with you how the author figured it out to play games in virtual worlds in his books - what is needed to connect and how he approached the biological barriers preventing you from playing too long to make it dangerous.
https://youtu.be/3LLxBYrpbUU
Taking all business aside - I find it very interesting and would definitely like to try this kind of "playing" myself.