Uncanny Virtual Reality Machine Gives People Chance To Experience Death Before It Happens

People who are curious about how it feels to be near the jaws of death may be able to experience it thanks to this unusual virtual reality machine from an inventor. Known only as Dr. Death, a virtual suicide machine was created and is now on display in some venues in Europe.

The virtual suicide machine was first shown at the Funeral Fair in Amsterdam back in 2018.

Now open to the public, the machine named Sarco is designed to produce a rapid decrease in oxygen level while maintaining a low CO2 level (the conditions for a peaceful, even euphoric death). per the Sarco website.

An explanation of the 3D-printed euthanasia capsule reveals that the machine was intended to suggest a sense of occasion. Aside from that, also considered were to come up with a system that requires no specialized skills or involvement, no sourcing of difficult to obtain drugs and no medical involvement.

The machine would also be of help to people with some disabilities. It is activated by eye movement and voice control is reportedly anticipated.

When it was unveiled in 2018, Sarco death was described as painless with no suffocation or choking sensation. The user would still be able to breathe easily even in a low-oxygen environment, the Huffington Post reported.

In a press release, Sarco was meant to get people talking positively about death and with broader consideration than being afraid, scared or shocked. And it appears Sarco is not the only one giving people a chance to experience it.

Lithuanian Julijonas Urbonas designed a rollercoaster that painlessly kills its passengers in 2010. It was described as a "hypothetic death machine in the form of a rollercoaster, engineered to humanely take the life of a human being".