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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 1264264" data-attributes="member: 70">OK, I'm officially confused by what you're looking for, and why you're looking for it.  You seem to have a pretty good idea of what you want...why not just create it?  Why this search for the Cybergrail?I just read this book last week!The Metaverse is just like most other "cyberspace" imaginings, and considerably less sophisticated than many.  Hiro interacts with the metaverse via a holographic projector/scanner that projects a visual depiction of the Metaverse into his eye, and scans the direction he's looking to give him the sense he's moving.  He performs different actions by essentially chosing options from a menu via subconcious retinal cues -- in other words, goggles.The "equipment" that Hiro wears later in the novel is to a) record information (which Hiro uploads to the great repository of knowledge, and earns a commission on anytime anyone looks up that knowledge), and b) maintain his link to the Metaverse while he's walking around (wireless).Much of the technology (except the cybernetic dogs) is around today, albeit often in reduced form.  Hiro's surveillance equipment actually seems considerably -less- advanced than what's available now, and the generic geometric structures of the Metaverse are reminiscent of Tron and movies of that era.CheersNell.</blockquote>