Have You Heard About The New Game That Kills You In Real Life If You Die In It?

Thanks to Palmer Luckey, there’s a new way to die – by playing video games. Luckey, founder of Oculus VR (he has since left the organisation) and creator of the Oculus Rift has come up with a brand new piece of VR headset that can actually kill you if you die in the video game. Yep, this bizarre story that reads like a budget ’80s horror movie is completely legit.

As per the American entrepreneur, the inspiration behind this lethal VR device came from Sword Art Online, a Japanese light novel series, whose story somewhat revolves around a similar concept. To kill the user, this new VR headset comes fitted with three embedded explosive charges, that are positioned above the forehead and can “instantly destroy the brain of the user.”

The fatal explosion is initiated via “a narrow-band photosensor that can detect when the screen flashes red at a specific frequency, making game-over integration on the part of the developer very easy.”

Importantly, the former Oculus executive confirmed that the new edition was “just a piece of office art”, however, suggesting that its presence was a “thought-provoking reminder of unexplored avenues in game design”.

In a bid to achieve realism, it appears humans have gone a bit too far and found a way to ruin video games. However, if Palmer is to be believed his new VR headset is “at this point… just a piece of office art, a thought-provoking reminder of unexplored avenues in game design”.