Special Vest lets gamers feel every virtual stab, shot and slam
A US surgeon has created a vest which allows gamers to feel all sorts of virtual shots, stabs and slams. The vest is set to make its debut in November at a price of 189 dollars and will launch alongside Calll of Duty and a custom made title in November. It was originally designed for medical purposes but the surgeon decided it would be ideal to branch out into the games industry with it.
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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.
"To give medical exams via the Internet to prisoners, the elderly, those in rural communities and other isolated people."
The medical version of the vest is more sophisticated, enabling doctors sitting at their computers to prod, poke and press patients' bodies from afar and get feedback on what they are virtually feeling, according to Ombrellaro.
