Luckey's deadly device would be activated by
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 6:03 am
Virtual reality is striving to reach the highest levels of realism (even if this means endangering the user's life and even killing them if necessary).
About a year ago, Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus, already speculated that, in the name of maximum realism, virtual reality games might eventually inflict physical harm on players.
Well, Luckey has now decided to go one step further and has developed a prototype of virtual reality glasses that literally kill the player if he has the misfortune of dying in the game,
In a post published on his personal blog entitled "If you die in the game, you die in real life" estonia number data Luckey describes the creation of virtual reality headsets that deliberately imitate "NerveGear" , the "headset" used by characters in the video game saga "Sword Art Online" and which ends their lives when they die in the virtual universe where the series is set.
How far will virtual reality go in its quest to be clothed in realism?
The virtual reality headset developed by the founder of Oculus is fitted with three powerful explosives ready to blow the player's head into a thousand pieces . Luckey's familiarity with the military industry can be seen in the development of this headset. After all, Lucke founded the military equipment company Anduril Industries after leaving Oculus.
detecting a red flash on the screen at a certain frequency . The goal is to make it easier to integrate into any video game.
In any case, we are faced with a mere prototype of a provocative nature that not even its own creator has dared to test (perhaps because if he had used it, he could right now be growing daisies in the cemetery and his dream of making virtual reality more realistic would necessarily be frustrated).
About a year ago, Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus, already speculated that, in the name of maximum realism, virtual reality games might eventually inflict physical harm on players.
Well, Luckey has now decided to go one step further and has developed a prototype of virtual reality glasses that literally kill the player if he has the misfortune of dying in the game,
In a post published on his personal blog entitled "If you die in the game, you die in real life" estonia number data Luckey describes the creation of virtual reality headsets that deliberately imitate "NerveGear" , the "headset" used by characters in the video game saga "Sword Art Online" and which ends their lives when they die in the virtual universe where the series is set.
How far will virtual reality go in its quest to be clothed in realism?
The virtual reality headset developed by the founder of Oculus is fitted with three powerful explosives ready to blow the player's head into a thousand pieces . Luckey's familiarity with the military industry can be seen in the development of this headset. After all, Lucke founded the military equipment company Anduril Industries after leaving Oculus.
detecting a red flash on the screen at a certain frequency . The goal is to make it easier to integrate into any video game.
In any case, we are faced with a mere prototype of a provocative nature that not even its own creator has dared to test (perhaps because if he had used it, he could right now be growing daisies in the cemetery and his dream of making virtual reality more realistic would necessarily be frustrated).