By Mike Needham (addicts@swbell.net)
It functions as a terminal to link to a Virtual Adept's computer system. It replaces any VR apparatus that a Virtual Adept may have to carry on his person. In the wrong hands, it is an excellant means to tamper with one's mind, all you need is the proper frequency to communicate your intentions to the wearer's reasoning center.
To the wearer, it is like the computer is all around him or her, kind of like being wholistic immersed in the digital web all the time without the magic.
The second prototype, having been modified for bugs, is slated to be installed in himself for extensive testing. He calls them VI50X and VI50Xa. But the chip is the only functioning virtual interface chip in existence. In one of our adventures, he found that prototypes had been installed inside NWO officers (MIB's) and this is how they both communicated to their database and each other. Edward recognized the signature of the chip and rendered in useless in those individuals causing Quiet in the MIB's. His design has been many times generated and adapted to where his version, the VI50X-alpha, though in prototype form, is much more reliable and advanced than the original design he stole. He has enhanced his version to carry Quintessence and act as a talisman. It also gives the wearer the ability to produce items in thin air, magickally of course, from computer database records. For example, if I wanted a California State Driver's license I could produce the valid ID out of thin air and at the same time, it would be legitimate in the DMV's motor records. Credit Cards, Bank accounts, etc... the possibilities are only as limited as computer technology and the level of the sphere of Matter one has.