Created a VR headset that kills the user after dying in the game

Palmer Lucky, creator Oculus Rift, invented a virtual reality headset that literally blows up the user's brain if he dies in a video game. About it writes Vice.

This gadget looks like Zuckerberg's Quest Pro helmet, but is complemented by three explosive modules above the screen. Shots aimed straight at forebrain, and their activation will leave no chance for the wearer of the headset.

According to Lucky, when creating the device, he was inspired by the light novel and anime Sword Art Online, where players put on a NeveGear virtual reality headset and enter a game that becomes real for them trap. Players must fight their way through 100 levels of the dungeon to escape. If they die in the game, they will die in real life as well.

In Sword Art Online, NerveGear kills players with a microwave emitter. But Lucky couldn't figure out how to make something like this work without attaching a headset to gigantic hardware. That is why the choice fell on explosives. The charges are connected to a photo sensor, which detects the appearance of the Game Over inscription on the screen and transmits a signal for detonation.

Such a device, of course, will not go on sale. This is just a demo development with no implementation plans. Nevertheless, Lucky plans to continue working on the helmet, implementing a system of protection against removal from the head.