The VR Headset that Claims it will actually Kill you if you die In Game
Image via Palmer Luckey
No, the headline isn’t just clickbait. Apparently, there is actually a VR Headset being developed that will kill you if you die while playing a game. At least that is what original founder of Oculus VR Palmer Luckey is claiming.
In a recent blog, Luckey says he has made a Sword Art Online-style “you die in the game, you die in real life” headset. How it is explained is that players are trapped in a giant, immersive VR combat sim where players will die for real if they are laced into “NerveGear” technology. In order to survive they must find a way to win or escape. The concept is that the headset will explode “destroying the brain of the user” if they trigger the “appropriate game over” screen while playing.
Luckey admits he’s only half way to make true “NerveGear,” though.
“The good news is that we are halfway to making a true NerveGear,” he said. “The bad news is that so far, I have only figured out the half that kills you. The perfect-VR half of the equation is still many years out.”
Luckey revealed the deadly headset on November 6 – the same day the NerveGear set was activated in SAO.
For the record, No, nobody is actually playing games on the headset – not even Luckey. For now, Luckey describes the headset as a piece of “office art” and he claims that it’s the only VR headset in existence that can kill the user.
Given that VR is still trying to break past a niche to get people to play games that are actually fun, the prospect that we may be on the horizon of video games with real life-or-death consequence is likely not plausible. Even if VR gaming was taking the world by storm, it’s likely safe to say “you die in the game, you die in real life” gaming won’t be a household staple.
Story via Forbes
