Ouch! Special Vests That Let Gamers Feel The Punch
October 21, 2007 by Patrick Quek
Filed under Gaming
In the future, gamers may actually feel the damage suffered by their in-game characters in real time. That means you get hurt physically when playing video games.
A vest designed by doctor Mark Ombrellaro uses air pressure and feedback from computer games to deliver pneumatic thumps to the spots on players’ torsos where they would have been struck were they actually on the battlefields.
The “3rd Space” vest will make its US debut in November at a price of 189 dollars. It will be launched with the first-person shooter game “Call of Duty” and a custom-made title. “It was originally designed as a medical device,” Ombrellaro told AFP while letting gamers try the vest at the E for All video game exposition in Los Angeles.
Who will actually pay for this?
Via Go Nintendo
