The idea of using full body scans would be an incredible development for VR gaming (and in education and entertainment). It’s somewhat like The Hunger Games for your head. In the story the players lose the ability to exit the game and face the harsh reality of either their real bodies starving and atrophying to death or the game’s headset frying their brains if their life points reach zero in the game. Kawahara’s novels always have a fascinating twist including this one as Epoch Times describes: 208 people will be selected from those that apply. The interesting part here is that IBM will do scans of players to use as avatars. The game comes from the novels of Reki Kawahara that serve as the inspiration for a hugely popular manga and anime series. IBM Japan announced “ Sword Art Online: The Beginning“, a virtual reality game based on a story where players are trapped and die.
