Finally a solution to the :gamer-gulag: Problem, if only the world is brave enough to implement it.
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Unable to make the perfect recreation, Luckey opted for explosive modular charges. He tied them to a narrow-band photo sensor that detects the headset views a specific red screen that flashes at a specific frequency. “When an appropriate game-over screen is displayed, the charges fire, instantly destroying the brain of the user,” Luckey said.
Even if I roll with the premise, this seems like an entirely dumb way to do it. Oh woops your graphics card glitched out wrong, you're dead now, through no fault of your own. How fucking hard can it be to read some data out of the game, my G15 Keyboard did that like a decade ago
The whole premise of willingly putting your life in the hands of technology hinges on the fact that tech will always work all the time, that there will not be bugs, updates, power black outs or surges, etc.
The fan edit Sword Art Abridged has a scene where one of the MC's friends lags out in a dungeon and gets killed because she lived in a rural area and had a bad connection.
The abridged version played that for laughs but similar things happened in the original as well; they mentioned that lots of people who lived alone ended up dying because there was no one to care for them.
It's been a long time since I watched the original version tbh, I watch abridged maybe once a year though.
Say the line, Bart!
"Torment Nexus."
YAY! :soypoint-1: :no-mouth-must-scream: :soypoint-2:
literally. he goes into it more in the blog post, but it sounds like it's his favorite anime. scroll to the bottom to die immediately.
“The idea of tying your real life to your virtual avatar has always fascinated me—you instantly raise the stakes to the maximum level and force people to fundamentally rethink how they interact with the virtual world and the players inside it,”
So, like... real life and interacting with other people. This level of boredom can only be achieved by someone who's so materially comfortable and removed from human existence that they need real-life but with anime waifus and magic.
someone who’s so materially comfortable and removed from human existence that they need real-life but with anime waifus and magic.
That's the marketing appeal of The Singularity(tm) right there.
Is that so? I remember when the singularity was the promise for eternal, post-scarcity life, the removal of the threat of death/physical damage was the whole point of uploading your brain to a computer.
Luckey said that he used three explosive charges he usually uses for a “different project.” Luckey didn’t specify which project, but he is also the founder of Anduril, a weapons and defense contractor which has won massive contracts with the government, and that is already developing loitering munitions, anti-drone tech for U.S. special forces, and underwater drones.
:jesus-christ:
The good news is that we are halfway to making a true NerveGear. The bad news is that so far, I have only figured out the half that kills you,
Looooool.
Techbros, no matter how rich and privileged, seem so bored with the reality they're making worse that they want to lord over one that favors them even more.
Luckey said that he used three explosive charges he usually uses for a “different project.”
:the-doohickey:
He owns a defense company which focuses on autonomous drones. Which is scary enough on its own considering he's fash.
Well shit, now I'm thinking he saw that Slaughterbots video a few years ago and thought "oh wow that's a really good idea!"
"If you die in the Matrix, you die in real life. Your mind makes it real....... by not being able to withstand an explosive device detonating over your temples."
He said he's working himself up to using it. Guess nothing else life has to offer can get him excited anymore?
The "I'm bored" hedonic treadmill addicts of Silicon Valley are seriously threatening us all.
Wowee! Sword Art Online! I’m gonna be Kirito! :so-true:
Edit: oh my god he based it on the NerveGear :michael-laugh:
Normal people: "Wow that would be a terrifying experience."
Tech Bros: "Wow what a great idea! I should recreate that torture device." :so-true:
"Hardcore" g!mers and their consequences.
Thing is they don't just want to have death penalties playing those "hardcore" games. More specifically, they want everyone else playing to suffer those death penalties.
they want everyone else playing to suffer those death penalties.
Ironically similarly to the creator of the Nervegear in sword art online too; the creator was a player in the game and was protected from death in it. The anime character had basically cheat codes on to keep himself safe.
:scared: this shit is 100% going to be used for IRL squid game on poor people.
Luckey said that he used three explosive charges he usually uses for a “different project.” Luckey didn’t specify which project, but he is also the founder of Anduril, a weapons and defense contractor which has won massive contracts with the government, and that is already developing loitering munitions, anti-drone tech for U.S. special forces, and underwater drones.
People are going to get tortured to death by something close to this, yeah
Anduril
Never read LOTR so this didn't even register to me but goddamn
I saw "Anduril" and my brain just went :frog-no-pretext:
I've loved LOTR since I first read it as a teen, and these tech megalomaniacs are really pissing me off.
Instead of killing off criminals in roman style coliseums we'll televise inmates playing deadly fortnite instead, a big hit with nerds! :so-true:
The only way I'd say yes is if this was done to the bourgeois instead. Forced to play lethal fortnite.
Fun alternative to the wall which also provides entertainment for the proletariat
Well I approve
the whole point of vr is to fuck around in fantasy worlds without the fear of getting killed also what the fuck why is this a real article and not an onion piece???
Skyrim VR: This One Will Literally Blow Your Brains Out Edition
the whole point of vr is to fuck around in fantasy worlds without the fear of getting killed
I thought the purpose of VR was to make me feel incredibly dizzy to the point of nausea.
Luckey said that he used three explosive charges he usually uses for a “different project.” Luckey didn’t specify which project, but he is also the founder of Anduril, a weapons and defense contractor which has won massive contracts with the government, and that is already developing loitering munitions, anti-drone tech for U.S. special forces, and underwater drones.
What the actual fuck
I wonder how many bio-weapons labs have some civilization-ending super-virus code-named "Galadriel" or some stupid shit.
