Two days ago, on November 6, the launch date of Sword Art Online was commemorated, the fictional video game from which the homonymous manganime takes its name. The work of Reki Kawahara proposes us to live in a VRMMORPG whose main rule is that if our score reaches zero, we will die immediately in real life.
With the explosion in popularity of virtual reality devices like PlayStation VR 2, there are many fans of the plot who have wondered what it would be like to play in this way. Requests to make a helmet with these macabre features a reality poured in to Palmer Luckey, the founder and designer of the Oculus Rift.
NerveGear is the name given to the VR device in Sword Art Online, which emits microwaves that are lethal to humans. Although it is a complex technology to replicate, Luckey has achieved its goal: and VR headset that kills you if you lose the game.
We don’t know who will dare to play for the first time, but the truth is that their brain will say goodbye thanks to the three explosive charges that the device has integrated. A sensor detects a red flash at a specific frequency, a sure sign that the explosives need to be detonated.
To further convolute the project, Luckey has in mind to create a system that prevents the removal or destruction of the helmetas is the case with the NerveGear of Sword Art Online. “At this point, it’s just an office work of art,” says its creator, and let’s hope it stays there, because I don’t think anyone has the guts to play a little game.
