#1 in #swordartonline 10/04/18 Year 2023. The world has been waiting in anticipation for the long awaited Full-Dive VR system called the NerveGear. The NerveGear was designed to fully immerse the user in an open and dynamic world being able to take in everything with all five senses. To test this, is a VRMMORPG named Sword Art Online. This is where his story begins.