Full-Dive

Subject: Full Dive Technology & The WeaveNet Layer Protocol
File ID: ID:TEC-LSN-FDW-4481976
Issuing Authority: Dryzor Corp. - Cybernetics & Digital Interfaces Division
Document Category: Technical Systems: Digital Interfaces: Full Dive Protocol Analysis
Security Classification: Level 2: Regulated Access

  Introductory Overview: Full Dive is an advanced form of human-computer interaction that allows a user's consciousness to achieve complete sensory immersion within the fourth layer of the LSN, known as the WeaveNet. Requiring a specialized @R.A.T Tail cybernetic implant, this technology enables the user to experience a fully digital reality as if it were tangible, engaging all five senses. It has become a widespread platform for entertainment, commerce, social interaction, and escapism, allowing individuals to inhabit customizable avatars and explore user-created digital worlds.
 

//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... Karckess on 'jacking-in'. //>_ Full Dive. It's the ultimate escape hatch from reality. Got enough clat? You can get a R.A.T. Tail installed, jack-in, and leave your meat-sack body behind for a while. In the WeaveNet, you can look like anything, be anything, do anything. It's a second life where the rules are suggestions and you can pay to be a god, or at least look like one.

 

Section: The WeaveNet Experience

The digital universe accessible via Full Dive, often called the "sub-verse," is comprised of countless interconnected servers, which can be commercially or privately owned and maintained. These servers are wholly customizable by their owners, allowing for any conceivable environment, from hyper-realistic landscapes to fantastical realms. Avatars are similarly malleable, allowing users to appear as different species, mythical creatures, or wholly unique creations. To ensure users maintain a distinction from reality, sensations are calibrated to a fraction of their real-world intensity, and the physics of the WeaveNet are deliberately surreal, with phenomena such as shifting gravity or synesthesia being common. This intentional similarity to the chaotic nature of the Fae Wilds has had significant, unforeseen consequences for certain user groups.
 

//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... //>_ The 'sub-verse' is whatever the server owner wants it to be. One minute you're in an undersea city, the next you're in a jungle where the trees grow teacups. Buildings are just netsites, shops can look like anything. The physics are all floaty and weird on purpose, a 'safety feature' so your brain knows it's not real. Problem is, that Fae-Wilds-lite weirdness messes with people, especially the cut-ears.

 

Section: Societal Impact & Psychological Risks

The proliferation of Full Dive technology has had a profound societal impact. One major consequence is Full-Dive Addiction, or "Cyberspace Sickness," a widespread public health issue, particularly in dense hive-cities. Individuals seeking escapism can become psychologically dependent on their digital lives, in some cases neglecting their physical bodies to the point of starvation and death. Elves are noted to be particularly susceptible to this addiction, theoretically due to a deep, instinctual resonance with the WeaveNet's Fae-like chaotic physics. Furthermore, the surreal nature of the WeaveNet has proven hazardous for Adventurers, as those who use it for "training" often become complacent, underestimating the true lethality of the actual Fae Wilds and resulting in significant casualties over the centuries.
 

//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... //>_ This stuff is one of the biggest plagues on Anogwin. They call it Cyberspace Sickness, but it's just addiction. People dive in to escape their crap lives and just... never come out. They forget to eat, to sleep, they just rot away while their brain is off in digital paradise. And any adventurer who thinks playing in this digital sandbox is good training for the real Fae Wilds is a trog asking for a shallow grave. It teaches you all the wrong lessons, and the real world doesn't have a 'respawn' button.

 

Section: Technical Hazards & Safety Protocols

In the early age of the WeaveNet systems, a significant technical hazard existed known as Lethal Synaptic Stimulation Feedback, or "Brain Scorch." This occurred when a user interacted with malicious or faulty code, creating a sensory feedback loop that would rapidly intensify, killing the user via neural over-stimulation and direct electrical trauma. In the modern age, Brain Scorch has been rendered almost non-existent through multiple layers of mandatory safety protocols. These include active system-level scanning of all data for malicious code, and failsafe "kill switches" installed in all modern R.A.T. Tail models and public terminals, which automatically sever the connection if sensory input reaches a dangerous threshold. Robust anti-tampering measures are also in place to alert authorities or disable systems if these safety features are compromised.
 

//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... //>_ Back in the day, a nasty virus or a piece of Black I.C.E. could literally cook your brain through your R.A.T. Tail. 'Brain Scorch.' Nasty way to go. Now, there are a ton of safety protocols and kill switches to stop it from happening. It's *mostly* safe. The only ones who get scorched now are Chip Heads digging around in places they shouldn't, deliberately bypassing the safety rails to touch some forbidden data. Play stupid games, win stupid, very permanent prizes.