In case you're not happy with the first one...
I find this fascinating. It's like watching Tad William's Otherworld coming to life. I wonder if at some point in our future, after we've devoured our planet, will we be forced to insert ourselves into some sort of Matrix? Rows and rows of whithering bodies, supported just enough to maintain life, while our conciousness lives inside of a virtual reality. Or perhaps a future where the "rich" live in virtual luxury, their bodies maintained by a slave class of the poor and to make sure the slaves don't rebel they're wired with monitoring devices...if they don't do their tasks they're zapped or something.