It is possible to render a completely realistic environment, similar to the movie The Matrix. Most of the Net environment is similar to the movie Tron, but the quality of the rendering depends on available bandwidth and memory. The interface program in the cybermodem will interpret the Net for the Netrunner. Everything in the Net is represented with icons.Data Fortresses, other Netrunners, individual programs, whatever.Įverything in the Net is rendered in three dimensions. Icons can be as simple as a flat 2D monochrome shape, to a complex photorealistic human form. IconsĪn icon is basically a 3D avatar a person can control to interact with other stuff (people, programs etc.) in the Net. Netrunners who can navigate the deep Net are mostly interested in accessing corporate data fortresses – others try to gain entry into older, defunct systems or even break through the Blackwall. In order to enter cyberspace, you need a SynthTech interface, external support (especially for the first time), a secure BBS and a lot of luck. Just because you know how to surf the Net, doesn't mean you're an experienced diver in the fluctuating streams of pure, fluid data beaming directly into your brain. Īfter the DataKrash, only fragments of the worldwide Net were able to be salvaged – an archipelago of algorithms and code separated by treacherous abysses of nothingness. To refer to the net from before the DataKrash of 2022, Old NET is often used, while the one after the Blackwall was added is usually called simply the Net, or the Shallow Net, which mostly consists of NET Architectures and Data Pools. But actual netrunners will always use plugs, because actual cybernetic connections wired to your brain ensure the very fastest reaction times. There are also options for electrodes or even 2D displays with a keyboard. Using the Net in anything more than the most rudimentary ways requires a cybermodem (sometimes called Cyberdecks) You do not necessarily need interface plugs installed in your head to use a cybermodem though. This allows Netrunners to react far faster than would ever be possible with a keyboard. A cybermodem provides an experience that is much more immersive and intuitive than the traditional keyboard/computer interface. People who use cybermodems are called Netrunners. But the professionals experience the Net in 3 dimensions, using a complex cybernetic interface called a cybermodem. It is possible to use the Net the way we use the Internet in real life with a computer or terminal, keyboard, and video display (also called Vidboards). The Net is made of up of hard lines, radio links, cell networks, microwave transmitters and anything else that can transmit information from one computer to another.Īccess to the Net requires a modem of some kind. It is analogous to the real world Internet (which was still in its infancy at the time Cyberpunk 2020 came out), but much more extensive, including things like appliances and even cybernetic limbs. The Net (commonly referred to as the Net or Cyberspace) is the name given to the vast telecommunications network of the Cyberpunk universe.
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