Founder of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, announced that he has created a custom VR headset that will kill the user if they were to die in a game they are playing. The headset has charges that will explode upon death of the player which will result in the “destroying the brain of the user”.
I don’t have much to say on this other than ‘why?’. This just feels so dystopian, and unnecessary. Yes, it is interesting and mimics what we see in entertainment like Black Mirror. However, I am not sure what the real point of this invention is. The use that comes to mind is some dystopian e-Sports fight club that allows the ultra-rich to bet on users, similarly as you see in dystopian fight club movies and TV shows. So really no use at all.
I don’t really have much else to say about it, just thought I would share it with the class because it was so bizarre.
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