Now that I think about it, something like SAO could theoretically be possible today. Just make a VR headset, make it really popular, make some kind of irresistible VR El live event that many people will show up to. Unveil in the event that the vr headset has a bomb hidden inside ot, and if you die in the game, the bomb goes off. If you remove the headset, the bomb goess off. If the headset loses power, the bomb goes off.
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Now that I think about it, something like SAO could theoretically be possible today. Just make a VR headset, make it really popular, make some kind of irresistible VR El live event that many people will show up to. Unveil in the event that the vr headset has a bomb hidden inside ot, and if you die in the game, the bomb goes off. If you remove the headset, the bomb goess off. If the headset loses power, the bomb goes off.