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CES Weird: Gaming vest makes you feel the pain when you get shot
The woman in this photo is freaking out because she's wearing the 3rd Space FPS vest by TN games. The technology was supposedly developed for doctors to work via the Internet, but it didn’t fly. In a nutshell, it’s a vest that lets you feel the force of getting shot. The vest has an air source that can fire eight pneumatic cells that are embedded in the vest. Those cells simulate the direction and force of a bullet fired at you in a first-person shooter game.
Am I missing something here? Because I don’t think this one will fly either — who would want to feel what it's like to get shot? Back to the drawing board, boys. No word on price or availability yet, anyway.
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By jon at 3:03 PM ON 01/11/08
Didn't Nintendo or someone else come out with something like this about same time the power glove came out.
By moseylissa at 3:16 PM ON 01/11/08
Oh I don't know... I'd love to get this for my 13 yo son who won't stop playing shooter games. But I'm just that kind of mom. :)
By Josh at 3:48 PM ON 01/11/08
Hey just wanted to let you know that these vests were released last November to the public by TN games and the current retail price is $169.00. To order just go to tngames.com/shop.
Only real reason I know this, is because of a project I did a few months back involving marketing of this vest.
By beachgirl at 10:23 PM ON 01/11/08
Yeah, I would love this. And you know, feeling the action of the game like getting shot is cool and makes a gamer more competitive since you know where you've been shot (from the front or behind). So DVice, keep your reviews to yourself unless you've actually tried the vest.
By MacBeth at 8:52 PM ON 01/13/08
Beachgirl- its a review of the authors own personal opinion. If you don't value this persons opinion of a product that they at least looked in to somewhat, then don't read anymore articles by this person. Why would you come on to a site and read an article and then tell the author to keep it to themselves? Just because someone has a different opinion than you doesn't make them wrong.
Also you are chastising this person for not having tried the product and giving an unfavorable review, while you believe you would "love" it and yet know nothing of it other than what is written in this article.
By aspare at 8:45 PM ON 01/16/08
Nothin' flattens a learning curve faster than a little negative reinforcement. Hmmm...what if you married this tech with the military's MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) tech...
By PLUMBINATOR at 2:26 PM ON 01/17/08
I would love to have one of these for myself. It would make the gaming more realistic.
By Outcast808 at 11:28 PM ON 02/19/08
I'd get one, it looks awsome and would make you try really hard not to lose, i mean i wouldnt want to get hit, but its friggin AWSOME
By Emm at 11:41 PM ON 02/21/08
@MacBeth
You should not put Beachgirl down for stating how she feels about this. It is her opinion and what right do you have to speak to her like that and tell her to not read any more article by this man if she does not like this article by him?
By Kashaku at 9:59 PM ON 03/11/08
I saw this a while ago, and would love to have it... Imagine COD4 on Veteran wearing that vest...
By natsfx at 8:24 PM ON 06/12/08
yeah. let's fight! smash heads. internet fighting! whoot!