Braindance

A braindance, commonly abbreviated to BD, is a technology that allows to record and play back someone's experience, including their physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts. Braindances were invented by Yuriko Sujimoto in 2007, and were heavily used in psychological treatment. Braindances came to be used more commonly for entertainment, and enjoy wide use in the Cyberpunk universe. Various devices have been developed in order to record, edit, and play back braindances, from recorders to viewers to wreaths.
==Braindance in 2020==
After the academic experiments that led Sujimoto to invent braindance technology, BD was repurposed for criminal reconditioning and for military simulations with funding from the State of California and Militech. By 2009, Sujimoto and a penal psychologist called Lassimer founded Braindance Incorporated with government contracts. Soon after, a joint venture between Militech, Braindance Inc., and Diverse Media System (DMS) released an entertainment form of braindance. Public demand for braindance media grew rapidly, and DMS quickly cornered the market by developing "the world's premier editing facilities and the most extensive braindance chip distribution network". Braindance Inc. and Militech continued to be other key manufacturers of braindance chips.
==Braindance in 2077==
For many Night City residents, crushing poverty and homelessness are significant and likely inescapable problems. Despite this, most are still entranced by the glitz of showbiz and luxurious lifestyles of the privileged elite. Breakthroughs in neural technology such as BD have paved the way for people to share recordings of their own emotions and personal memories. Other BD productions put actors in staged situations to create false memories. BDs that are simple recordings of a day in the life of the world's biggest and brightest stars are also popular. The ability to "become" a celeb and experience a life of luxury gives many a chance to escape their own miserable reality. As a result, braindance addiction has become an ever-growing problem for the city's poor.
Unedited BD recordings are called virtus in The Street. Unlike commercial BDs, the sensory input and emotions in a virtu are raw and unedited, essentially the real sensations and feelings that were recorded. It is common to record and sell virtus to BD editors so they can scroll these recordings for additional profit.
===Illegal Braindance===
Illicit BD recordings, also called Extreme Braindances (XBDs), feature gruesome and bizarre scenes, including violence, torture, and even rape and murder. XBDs are created by small teams who kidnap unwilling victims. Some XBDs are recorded from the perspective of the torturer. Other XBDs are from the perspective of the torturee: the virtus of these are often taken from the corpses of the victims. There is a market for both.
XBDs can be found easily in the seedy underbelly of Night City's black market, although sold through secretive dealers.
==Database Entries (2077)==
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|-|Illegal Braindance=
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==List of braindances==
See :Category:Braindances
==Associated Quests (2077)==
===Main Jobs===
*The Information
*Disasterpiece
*Double Life
===Side Jobs===
*Imagine
*Stairway To Heaven
*Poem Of The Atoms
*Meetings Along The Edge
*I Fought the Law
*The Hunt
*Over the Edge
*Sweet Dreams
*Gig: Dirty Biz
*Gig: Monster Hunt
==Associated Shards (2077)==
*Braindance - Available Titles
*Braindances - concepts
*Relive.it - Braindance Quarterly
==Gallery==
File:Braindance logo 2077.jpg|Company logo for Braindance Inc.
==Videos==
File:Cyberpunk 2077 - Braindance Gameplay|Segment from Night City Wire about Braindances in Cyberpunk 2077.
==References==
Category:Technology
Category:Cyberpunk 2013 Technology
Category:Cyberpunk 2020 Entertainment and Services
Category:Cyberpunk RED Entertainment and Services
Category:Cyberpunk Edgerunners Technology
Category:Cyberpunk 2077 Technology
Category:CyberGeneration Technology
Category:Cyberpunk V3.0 Technology
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