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MindsEye

MindsEye is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MindsEye rather than just read about it. In short: MindsEye is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Build a Rocket Boy and originally published by IO Interactive Partners. In the game, players assume control of Jacob Diaz (voiced by Alex Hernandez), a former soldier with a mysterious neural implant, known as the MindsEye.

Key takeaways

MindsEye belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect MindsEye to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of MindsEye from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

MindsEye is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Build a Rocket Boy and originally published by IO Interactive Partners. In the game, players assume control of Jacob Diaz (voiced by Alex Hernandez), a former soldier with a mysterious neural implant, known as the MindsEye. Suffering from memory loss and flashbacks, he heads towards the fictional desert metropolis of Redrock (based on Las Vegas), where he aims to discover the secrets behind this implant. MindsEye was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 10 June 2025. The game received strongly negative reviews from both critics and audiences. IO Interactive Partners have stopped working with Build a Rocket Boy and the rights reverted back to the developer.

Gameplay MindsEye is a linear third-person action-adventure game that has a pseudo-open world similar to Mafia: Definitive Edition. Redrock City serves as the game's main playable area. As part of the game creation system Everywhere, players are able to add user-generated creations to MindsEye's world and create things using Everywhere's tools, with associate game director Adam Whiting comparing the game to custom Minecraft servers. Assets from MindsEye can also be used in other aspects of Everywhere.

Plot Jacob Diaz accepts a job offer from the Silva Corporation based in the desert city of Redrock, though he suffers from memory loss and traumatic flashbacks of a military operation gone wrong three years ago. He reports to his superior, Kerry Rigby, and is put straight to work dealing with several of Silva's automated robots which have mysteriously gone rogue. However, his true aim is to find the missing scientist Hunter Morrison, who developed the MindsEye neural implant he received in the military which has afflicted him with numerous mental and memory issues. He manages to thwart an attempted theft of Silva Corp technology by a mercenary group called Red Sands, whose leader apparently also has a MindsEye implant along with a bionic arm. He also rescues a hacker named Charlie from Red Sands, who agrees to assist him in his investigations. Jacob's performance attracts the attention of Silva Corp's eccentric CEO, Marco Silva, who assigns Jacob to be his personal bodyguard. While guarding Silva, Jacob learns he has an intense rivalry with Redrock's mayor, Shiva Vega, who is an obstacle to his desire to launch rockets to fulfill his dream of interstellar colonization. After Jacob rescues Silva from a kidnapping attempt by Red Sands, the latter reveals he knew Jacob was looking for answers about the MindsEye and Morrison, and promises to provide them. Silva then reactivates Jacob's Mindseye, allowing him to slowly regain his lost memories as well as improve his control over drones. Jacob then continues investigating the rogue robots, the conspiracy against Silva, and Morrison's whereabouts. He eventually gets a lead on Morrison at an abandoned mine, but suffers from a flashback where in his last mission three years prior, where after exploring mysterious ruins in a cave, he somehow lost control of his drone which then killed his entire squad. His superior Colonel Lamrie proceeded to forcibly extract his memories from his MindsEye, which is what caused his memory loss. Jacob later wakes up in Morrison's hidden lab, and Morrison instructs him to install several listening devices around Redrock in order to communicate with beings dubbed the "Kin". After ensuring the safety of Silva's Echo II rocket, Jacob is instructed by Silva to help him and Rigby confront Vega, who is apparently attempting to steal and sell Silva's code to the military who is secretly backing Red Sand. They crash the meeting, and Jacob is shocked to learn that the mastermind is Lamrie. However, before the confrontation can escalate, the Silva robots Vega was attempting to sell suddenly go rogue, and both Silva and Vega are shot. Vega accuses Silva of attempting to murder her, while Jacob evacuates Silva to Morrison's lab. Silva admits he sold the MindsEye design to Lamrie, who wants the rest of his tech to complete the program. He then hands Jacob the Echo II launch key and requests he ensure it launches safely. After the Echo II launches, Silva reveals the original MindsEye chip that contains Jacob's memories of the ruins is located in his home, but has destroyed every device that tries to connect to it. Morrison then activates his devices, which begins to cause robots and technology all over the city to go haywire. Lamrie then arrives and puts Redrock under martial law, forcing Jacob, Silva, and Morrison to flee to the latter's lab. Studying the rogue robots, they realize some type of virus has been released that is causing their programming to go haywire. In addition, Lamrie captures Morrison and seizes Silva's factory to build his own army of robots. Jacob recovers a transponder needed to shut down Silva Corp's systems, but Charlie sacrifices herself to save him from one of Lamrie's men. Jacob successfully launches a second rocket with the transponder and tracks Morrison's location to an old archeological site. Inside, Jacob realizes they are the Kin ruins he had originally explored three years ago, and witnesses Lamrie stealing a Kin Orb. Jacob rescues Morrison, and the latter explains that Jacob's contact with the Orb changed his DNA to make him part Kin, as well as the carrier for the virus making robots go rogue. He further explains the Kin are an alien race that exist in a higher dimension. Seeing that more and more robots are converging on the Orb, Jacob and Rigby decide to assault Lamrie's base to recover it. Lamrie boasts that he has been preparing a way for the Kin to invade Earth. Jacob and Rigby manage to kill Lamrie, but the robots steal the Orb and use it to open a portal to allow the Kin to invade Earth and harvest humanity. Realizing he is considered a Kin now, Jacob throws himself into the portal, sacrificing himself to close it and saving Earth. In a post-credits scene, Rigby searches the scene for Jacob, and one of the robots suddenly reactivates when it hears Rigby calling out Jacob's name.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MindsEye

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MindsEye claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MindsEye before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MindsEye ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MindsEye

In research: MindsEye appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MindsEye in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MindsEye is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2025 video games, Action-adventure games, IO Interactive games, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for MindsEye outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study MindsEye in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what MindsEye means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain MindsEye out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is MindsEye in simple terms?

Why does MindsEye matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study MindsEye?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on MindsEye.