"Transcendence", This looks like an interesting movie to watch within the "simulated reality" viewpoint, what do you think?
"A terminally ill scientist downloads his mind into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/Trailer #1Trailer #2Trailer #3
"We are living in a computer programmed reality."
- Philip K. Dick, 1977