IBM Japan announced “Sword Art Online: The Beginning,” an online virtual reality project based on the light novels by Reki Kawahara that sold millions of copies and spurred production of multiple manga and anime series.
The only caveat? In the novels the characters are trapped in a virtual reality world where thousands of people eventually die.
IBM Japan wants to create a virtual reality world that would be controlled by players moving around, instead of using controllers. The virtual avatars will also be created by 3D scanning the actual players.
