What a vest can do? besides bullet proofing

by whlooi | Filed under BSL5.com, General, Interesting, KeyEll(Kuala Lumpur), Science, Tech.

Heh, this piece of vest ain’t for bullet proof but is for more realistic gaming experience. It has eight embedded pneumatic cells to suggest the sensation of a finger tap, G-forces, or even a bullet’s impact. The vest is based on a more complicated medical device designed by vascular surgeon Mark Ombrellaro, TN Games’ CEO, which lets doctors examine patients by touch from a distance. The blows the vest delivers are painless, but Ombrellaro says some gamers have asked that they be intensified.

From TNGames:

This kit includes the FPS Vest and 3rd Space Incursion game for the PC. The FPS Vest is an impact-generating device designed to enable you to feel the game’s action for the ultimate gaming experience. It contains eight active zones that simulate the direction and forces of bullet fire, crushing explosions, and fear-inducing finger taps as they occur in the game. The FPS Vest is bundled with 3rd Space Incursion, a futuristic first person shooter game embedded with 3rd Space technology and developed to showcase the FPS Vest.

What a world? Would you spend USD189 for this vest? For me, I would rather go for a paintball session to feel the intensified shooting impact experience.