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Gaming Vest? No Thanks

Koku writes: "Have you ever wanted to experience what it feels like to get shived in the shower but without all of the messy blood to clean up? Immersion, immersion, immersion. Well if you do not feel like you are being immersed enough in your video games then some researchers from the University of Pennsylvania hope to remedy this. They have been working to produce what is more or less a vest that the player would wear so to have them feel the bullets and shrapnel around them."

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A HiFi5920d ago

It would be an interesting experience...although it would require a big inVESTment.

GUCommander5920d ago

lol wow. that's quite the play on words there buddy :P

Gandalf5920d ago

Lol, sure. And when I'm at it, I'll get a gaming helmet and gaming boots.

Sexius Maximus5920d ago

Does it come with a groin unit? You'll either get it on with someone, or get kicked in the balls. That's a tech I wanna see.

FragGen5919d ago

Based on the description in the article it basically sounds like a rumble vest. FWIW, I think it might be kind of cool but hardly necessary.

Sort of like 3D.

Anyway... I actually was surprised at how rumble features in controls help with immersion and feedback and that's just a controller. The vest could rumble in different spots to indicate direction of fire in an FPS, etc. This sounds like it'd be pretty darn cool as an optional accessory for certain games if your REALLY into it.

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Ziriux5920d ago

Realism in games shouldn't be the focus their games after all, have fun with it.

elicymet5920d ago

Devices like these are really interesting explorations of the way people connect to interactive media. At the base level, games that have violence and put players in life threatening situations are so appealing because they allow you to straddle that line between a connection to, and disconnect from, the visceral impact of what you're doing, all at once. The question then becomes, what do people want more, the visceral connection, or the safety of the disconnect?

Personally, I think this concept, though unique, would be discomforting at the very least.

Ziriux5920d ago

I think the technology can be very hazardous.

cb8105920d ago

This definitely takes it to another level...

duplissi5920d ago

its british slang apparently

tat

buy tat mugs, tshirts and magnets
Tat Noun. 1. Rubbish, junk. Abb. of tatty.

Used to refer to the kind of junk sold by crafty Co*kneys to unsuspecting tourists in central London.
E.g. "You can't wear that old cardigan, it's tat." {Informal}
rubbish crap junk useless cheap crappy naff

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Top Racers Need Top Gear – Introducing the Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition Controller and Headset

Omar writes: "With the Horizon Festival coming to breathtaking Japan, you’ll need the essential gear to prove you’ve got what it takes to become a Horizon Legend as you cruise, drift and explore an open world full of spectacular driving experiences. That’s why we’re happy to announce the newest Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller and Wireless Headset collection, featuring inspired designs from Forza Horizon 6. The bright cyan and lime colorways celebrate the Horizon Festival’s recognition of iconic cars and hit music, with special features that are sure to impress any collector."

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Killer2020UK76d ago

Oh my, that is one gaudy design

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EasySMX D05 review

You can get Hall effect controllers slightly cheaper, but you'd struggle to find as feature-rich a package without some heavy, heavy sales.

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"It's Just So Lame" - RTGI Modder Thinks DLSS 5 Is Impressive But Shares AI Slop Sentiment

Pascal Gilcher calls DLSS 5 impressive but shares the "AI slop" sentiment, explaining the likely tech behind it and why he dislikes it.

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CrimsonWing69102d ago

I fail to see how this is AI shhhhlllloooop. Looking at the different games they showed, this has made many of them look far better.

isarai_lee102d ago (Edited 102d ago )

It's AI slop because it ignores the artists intent and changes the details ESPECIALLY when it comes to character faces. The scariest part of it is introducing it as the next stage of DLSS, a feature where the current iteration already has controversy surrounding it and for quite a lot of games cannot be fully disabled. So reasonably the precident is already set for what path this could take, and it's not good

blacktiger102d ago

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost and so on. Many of the lighting deletes shadow, including shadow on the face like eyes even chin.

Chard102d ago

Why stop at art when it comes to human input - why not just have AI play the game for us, remove human input altogether

theshizer102d ago

If you don’t like it, just don’t enable it. Personally I think it looks great from the videos I have seen.

isarai_lee102d ago

And what about when you can't? Cause there's plenty of games where you cannot fully disable dlss already, i mean we're well into an era where it's a major crutch for developers to cover up their cut corners, why would this be any different?

blacktiger102d ago

You are playing with people's money and allow Nvidia to scam you.

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost. This is all lie to raise the cost of the graphic card.

Andrew336102d ago

Making characters look more realistic not ok because we want the developer to decide on how the game was intended to look. - Internet

Change entire game through mods thus changing how the developers intended the game to be is ok. - Internet

isarai_lee102d ago

Something consumers can do to a product after they have purchased it, entirely optional and can always be undone with a fresh install

VS

The leading gaming hardware manufacturer making this the next iteration of the main AA/Upscaling technique that is heavily relied upod by modern devs and is not optional in most games.

Not at all the same but nice try

jwillj2k4102d ago

At the moment you need 2 5090’s just to get an image on the screen so this is all vaporware until proven otherwise.

Andrew336102d ago

The good news is you can just not use it as well.

Christopher102d ago

It's all about choice in the end. But, I would say that calling it 'more realistic' is quite a stretch. It looks like AI art, and that's rarely realistic.

Urrakia34102d ago

All the comments I see are reminding me of how we got to the current state of gaming when microtransactions were first introduced: "It's completely optional guys, we promise! If you don't like it just don't buy it!"

I think we all know how that ended up.

Popsicle102d ago (Edited 102d ago )

I had the same exact thought the first time this was brought up in a separate article about a week ago. Took me straight back to the conversations surrounding “horse armor.” Just don’t buy it they said. Years later, many IPs I previously enjoyed are so infected with monetization schemes that I don’t even consider purchasing them anymore.

DLSS 5 and the like are the same thing wrapped in a different package. History rhymes but many of us never learn from it.

blacktiger102d ago

Biggest Scam. Overrides lighting and shadow. So why keep Ray tracing? It's all a scam to raise graphic card. We now see Nvidia with Microsoft downturn anything against them. Sony is next!