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>>4005148
>Matrix.
That is a long way off.

With the tech we have have now, you could only combine the motor neuron microwires and the retinal implants. You would have someone in a dark room with a blurry glowing cube made of 500 dots of light, and the sensation of being able to touch it.

Full blown virtual reality (something like driving a car) is very, very far away, and would need the entire GDP of a few countries to even begin thinking about.

Pic related is a microscopic view of one one of the many arrays they would stick in your head. Would you really want a load of those just to be able to experience VR? Controlling a prosthetic limb is one thing, but vanity surgery is different -- especially in our lifetimes anyway.