Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25714246-20150126174816/@comment-6697950-20150817074252

As far as I remember, it was said in volume 4 that his NerveGear did not trap him in the "bonds of death". And it seems that the device that he was using to log in was referred to as a NerveGear, while the device he used for the scan was referred to as a "modified FullDive machine".