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High-Tech Vest Lets Gamers Take a Hit

Posted by Zonk on from the he-can't-take-it-there dept.

mytrip passed on a link to a PC World post about a unique accessory for FPS gamers. Called the 3rdSpace Gaming Vest, its goal is to translate in-game impacts into physical sensations. "Designed by a surgeon, the vest was originally created for use in the medical field to poke and prod patients in order to get a sense for what they were feeling. Since then, the vest has been adapted for the game industry, capable of delivering hits and shots exactly where you would feel them. Utilizing air pouches — four on front, four in back — the vest nudges and jabs gamers at eight different contact points."

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  1. I saw by slyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw "take a hit" and wondered why /. had an article about gamers playing stoned, only to RTFS and feel like an idiot.

  2. Network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    i hope it can be used over the net, so i can finally punch the guy who won't capture the flag.

  3. You call that realism? by QuickFox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Utilizing air pouches -- four on front, four in back -- the vest nudges and jabs gamers at eight different contact points." Air pouches? Nudges and jabs? You call that realism? Tsss! Wake me up when they've got a vest that will kill you for real.
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  4. Brilliant marketing by nacturation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    With no ability to register any shots to your arms, legs, crotch, ass, or headshots... plus only four air bags on front and back, it sounds like it sure can let me feel *exactly* where I'd get hit.

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  5. What a headache... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't forget the headband attachment so you can enjoy every headshot in UT3. :P