Outer space of The Matrix

[cloudwolf]

Rarebit clarified at some point (dunno if i ever saved the post, will have to check) that the explaination he'd been writing with is that the Megacity is the center of the simulation and the further afield you get the less processing power is allocated to an area and the experience becomes less realistic and more dreamlike. This extended until the experiences become completely fabricated, like The Sentinel messages regarding Coboco being born abroad confirmed.

This was tied into the realisation that the population of the towers were much less than expected. Not only were The Machines only barely getting enough power to survive (the repurcussion being they chose human beings as an energy source not out of efficiency but out of curiousity or respect) but also that not all of the earth is being used for pod towers (hinting at the Oligarch Kingdom States).