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Haptic Gaming Vest Simulates Punches, Shots, Stabbing

Posted by Soulskill on from the thumpity-thump-thump dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IEEE Spectrum reports that University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a Tactile Gaming Vest that smacks and vibrates as players get shot in a game based on Half-Life 2. Four solenoid actuators in the chest and shoulders in front and two solenoids in the back give you the feeling of a simulated gunshot. In addition, vibrating eccentric-mass motors clustered against the shoulder blades make you feel a slashing effect as you get stabbed from behind. If this kind of vest could be linked to a movie while you watch it, the experience would be that much more exciting. Or as one of the creators put it, 'every time Bruce Willis gets shot, you feel it.'"

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  1. Why would you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Would anyone really want to use one of these after the novelty factor wore off?

    no...

  2. Re:I doubt it by zlel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought that's the whole point of games and movies, that you don't want to go through the real deal, but want to think that you did?

  3. spare us the self-righteous indignation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    TFA says that it gives the feeling of a simulated gunshot.

  4. I see far more use in real sims, than movies by bugnuts · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A friend worked on police simulators, and those are very intense. They use real guns firing blanks, with laser pointers in the barrels, and lots of unknown situations. This type of feedback is something that would make it more intense.

    Intensity and immersion is important for this type of training, because the brain does different things when you are in the heat of a battle... and that's difficult without immersion.

    Frankly, I can't see this being used in movies. 3D glasses are cheap as hell, disposable, and are only a niche market today. Plus, the 3D mostly sucks in movies. I don't want to wear a vest 500 other patrons were wearing the past couple weeks, depending on some idiot hollywood PR freak to decide when I get punched in the chest. I'd be far more interested if I could punch something and HE would feel it.

  5. New rehash of old SHIT by Khyber · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sega had this for the Genesis, along with the Octoring thing, worked with Eternal Champions.

    AND IT WAS HORRIBLE.

    --
    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
  6. Re:I doubt it by Johann+Lau · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ORLY?

    In the words of Bill Hicks: "shut the fuck up and go wait in a ditch until we need you to kill somebody"

    Soldiers, in general and as a whole, cause much more trauma than they suffer... and that's something to be stopped, not respected.

  7. Re:I doubt it by selven · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Greek gods are overrated, apparently Zeus's main weapon only does at most 14 damage