IBM Japan has announced Sword Art Online: The Beginning, a virtual reality project that aims to realize the world of the popular Sword Art Online light novel series.
Rather than use a controller, the game will be played by moving your body. Reki Kawahara, creator of the Sword Art Online series, calls it “completely different from any game experience so far.”
The project uses a a next-generation computing system called the “Cognitive System” that supports human decision-making, as well as “SoftLayer,” IBM’s high performance cloud system that produces the ambiance of a real world.
At the official website , IBM are taking applications until March 4 for a prototype alpha test to be held between March 18 and 20 in Tokyo. A total of 208 applicants will be accepted.
(Source: Gematsu )
This is the start of the future gaming technology! Maybe someday near the future, technology will evolve and we will be closer in imitating the NerveGear. Though, we don’t want to get stuck in the game like in Sword Art Online lol. A more advanced gaming experience is getting closer and closer and it develops and improves as time goes by.
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Your final paragraph makes a good point. I wouldn’t want to play this on launch day… just to be safe 🙂
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Yeah, just to make sure that we don’t end up dying in real life after the start of the game.
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M. Bison: Yes… Yes!
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Yeaahhh!! *manly voice*.
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Come on America, we need this now! Shut up and take my Ragout Jack Rabbit! XD
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We all need it now! As in now!
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Hopefully no one messes with the log out button.
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We don’t want that incident in SAO to happen to us.
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If it does happen, get ready to miss 2 years of your life.
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I’m prepared! 2 years is a long time to level up. Maybe I’ll reach max level if it does happen, or I’ll just die in the very beginning of the game lol.
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It’s going to be tough to reach the max level. I am just going to grind for experience on the monsters. I could just buy a cabin and relax until someone beats the game lol.
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Hmmm, a good idea for the lazy people out there. It’s either I do my plan or I do the same thing as yours (’cause I’m also lazy sometimes lol).
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If you have potential, you could be the hero or heroine to the game. I will do my part and become an assist as well. But then I may need some R&R and just fish haha.
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I could use your support if I’ll continue on to become a hero, or I could just join you in your free time and just do some fishing also.
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Oh that sounds fun. Yeah, I could help you be the hero and I wouldn’t mind if I had your company when fishing :). I just hope I don’t die to early.
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Don’t worry, you will not die too early, I got your back.
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Ah thank you friend ^^. I hope my last words is not “Oh look, I’m impaled” :).
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I’ll prevent that from happening. If it does happen, I’ll be ready for the feels.
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Same for me when I see a friend like you or others if I get caught in the situation. I would give up my life to save my friends but I guess it’s easier said than done. Lol.
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Reblogged this on Matt-in-the-Hat.
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wow…greed island may become reality in near future… awesome…
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Anything’s possible!
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