What we tried to do was map out what would happen over some period of time. I’ve been working on Human Revolution and now Mankind Divided for six or seven years now as the scientific consultant.
When I heard that the Deus Ex franchise was relaunching, I called the guys and said, “Hey, can I help you? I’d like to be the one that helps develop all the science behind the innovations that would be present in the game.” I got six graduate degrees, all of them centering on using electricity in the nervous system. I have another one in progress called Nexeon Medsystems. From 2001 until now I’ve started and sold three companies. That set me off on a 15-year quest, up through today, on how to think about the nervous system in relation to what I call neurotechnology. It turns out that had to do with my nervous system.
But something was different about what I could do and what they could do. I had the same physical frame as all these other guys. I was a minor league pitcher who realized he couldn’t throw strikes in the big leagues. The story goes, if I can start in a different spot-in 2001 I retired as a professional baseball player. I guess the designers were getting ideas from your company? Is that right? What was the corporate connection here? I know Open Bionics was doing some 3D printing, and then who else was involved? Razer was drawing some attention to this. GamesBeat: It’s an interesting business you guys are in.
