Microwaves don't have the power to instantly kill you! They work by vibrating water. Prolonged exposure to microwave radiation can burn you from the heat energy generated, but Kayaba Akihiko said that a high power microwave pulse would kill you if your character died. That means the 200 people who died at the beginning because their NerveGear was taken off could not have died because there was no prolonged exposure. On this subject, how would virtual reality work with microwaves? They can't receive data from anything, let alone a brain. They might be able to transmit data, but only to specifically designed receivers, like radios do with their waves. Brains aren't designed like that.
EDIT: High power microwaves don't exist. That's why they're microwaves and not infrared light.
Microwaves don't have the power to instantly kill you! They work by vibrating water. Prolonged exposure to microwave radiation can burn you from the heat energy generated, but Kayaba Akihiko said that a high power microwave pulse would kill you if your character died. That means the 200 people who died at the beginning because their NerveGear was taken off could not have died because there was no prolonged exposure. On this subject, how would virtual reality work with microwaves? They can't receive data from anything, let alone a brain. They might be able to transmit data, but only to specifically designed receivers, like radios do with their waves. Brains aren't designed like that.
EDIT: High power microwaves don't exist. That's why they're microwaves and not infrared light.
Edited by OthersiderME