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Feel the hits via a Force Feedback Vest
Posted on Saturday, 10 March 2007 by AlterEgo, source: Tweakers.net
On TN Games' unrevealing and old-skool website you can read an announcement for a piece of hardware that I could classify as unique: a Force Feedback vest...
In an interview TN's president, Dr. Mark Ombrellaro explains:
/me humming Monty Burns' "Feel My Vest"...
In an interview TN's president, Dr. Mark Ombrellaro explains:
Currently, the video game industry uses vibration as a rough proxy for tactile events within the video game environment. With Forcewear, tactile events and impact within the game are actually imparted to the user. The vest contains 8 points of contact (4 in front and 4 in back) and can generate up to 10 lbs of force at each contact point. With Forcewear, various impacts such as single gunshot wounds, multiple gunshot wounds (machine gun and shot gun), through and through missile injuries, blasts, kicks, and punches can be directed to the player. ForceWear is also directional so that action-taking place outside the player¹s field of view can also be felt. A player facing forward who is being hit by gunfire from behind will actually feel the gunfire in their back while they may not be otherwise aware of this using standard visual display cues.
/me humming Monty Burns' "Feel My Vest"...
In other news:
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Imposter
(Breaks into song)
...some men hunt for sport,
Others hunt for food.
The only thing I'm hunting for
Is an outfit that looks good.
See my vest, see my vest,
Made from real gorilla chest.
Feel this sweater, there's no better
Than authentic Irish Setter.
See this hat, 'twas my cat.
My evening wear, vampire bat.
These white slippers are albino
African endangered rhino.
Grizzly bear underwear,
Turtle necks I've got my share.
Beret of poodle on my noodle it shall rest
Try my red robin suit,
It comes one breast or two...
See my vest, See my vest, See my vest.
Like my loafers, former gophers,
It was that or skin my chauffeurs,
But a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best...
So let's prepare these dogs,
Kill two for matching clogs!
See my vest!
See me vest!
Oh, please, won't you see my veeeeeesst!
(Dialog)
Mr Burns: I really like the vest!
Smithers: I gathered that...
Sorry had to do that... ^_^
AlterEgo
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