"Yeah but not as good as keyboard and mouse"

Meth can make you do wonderful things.

This must be the intro sequence to "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids III" starring Rick Moranis Jr.

that's freaking awesome. i want two of them

@ billiondollardan:

Alas, my attempts to find contact info for this guy have not panned out well. I'm not sure if the address http://www.blackhall.net on YouTube is even right.

Wow this is fricking cool. Now put a USB sensor in your shoes for walking.

Give me the plans, and I will build one.

"thanks for stopping by"..."now my wife needs to pull the car into my gaming garage".
OK, so it does head tracking...which is pretty cool. But how to do you move around?

>> ^Esoog:
But how to do you move around?


The movement keys are bound to the gamepad on the gun. Press buttons to move, aim the gun to, well, aim =)

Does this guy remind anyone else of Uncle Rico?

This video along with Johnny Lee's awesome Wii hacks make me think that hardware companies could easily come up with really amazing stuff if they wanted to. And what do we get? The xbox camera/mic and the ps3 wagglesticks.

Just curious, did any of you try virtual reality around 16 years ago when it was newish and being hyped in the media? It's an amazing experience, I still haven't seen anything that compares to it to this day.

The setup I tried had a full helmet with two stereoscopic screens which surrounds the field of view, has built in speakers, and blocks out external light and sound. As well as independent motion tracking of the head and hands. It ran a simple but intuitive FPS, which was also the first true 3D (no sprites) FPS I had ever seen. Compared to that I always have to laugh when people talk about today's games as being "immersive"

@ entr0py:

Different people experience feelings of immersion for different reasons, as far as games go. I get immersed in a game by storyline far more than graphics. I found System Shock 2 and Deus Ex to be two of the most immersive games I've played, and neither were visual powerhouses.

I think the reason classic VR products like that which you described were unsuccessful for many reasons:

- the graphics were rudimentary compared to traditional systems at the time
- input lag broke the immersiveness of the experience
- many people got headaches or were disoriented by them
- the hardware was cumbersome to wear
- people looked silly wearing the gear

Technology, though, has moved alot since then, and VR will prolly be revisited more and more. AR (augmented reality) may prove even more viable.

I kinda wish we got a close up or shot of the screen as he played for a little bit, but still cool none the less.

pair that with an omni-directional treadmill and that would be insanely fun. But you'd need screen glasses. A poor man's holodeck. Except for the treadmill.

He must get laid ALL THE TIME!

It looks like he throws it onthe ground at the end.

Amazing how much the F.E.A.R. soundtrack has made everyone see the creep factor in him.

>> ^Razor:
@ billiondollardan:
Alas, my attempts to find contact info for this guy have not panned out well. I'm not sure if the address http://www.blackhall.net on YouTube is even right.



http://www.blackhall.net/pc_vr_game_gun.htm
He has a brochure there with specs but I don't see any way to buy. The only contact info is BLACKHALL@BLACKHALL.net
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedneckTechie is his youtube channel.
Has a wireless version too:

>> ^Throbbin:
He must get laid ALL THE TIME!


He will after he sells his patent.

@ burdturgler:

I sent him a message yesterday, and that is the right address. His reply was pretty simple, I'm sure he's get inundated by e-mail by now:

"To all of you that sent email - Thank You and nice work.. I will be making some exciting announcements soon !!!"

sweet mullet too.

>> ^Esoog:
"thanks for stopping by"..."now my wife needs to pull the car into my gaming garage".
OK, so it does head tracking...which is pretty cool. But how to do you move around?


You're kidding yourself if you think this guy has a wife!

That gun would be da bomb on COD4.....Be back in 30 mins....

>> ^entr0py:
This video along with Johnny Lee's awesome Wii hacks make me think that hardware companies could easily come up with really amazing stuff if they wanted to. And what do we get? The xbox camera/mic and the ps3 wagglesticks.
Just curious, did any of you try virtual reality around 16 years ago when it was newish and being hyped in the media? It's an amazing experience, I still haven't seen anything that compares to it to this day.
The setup I tried had a full helmet with two stereoscopic screens which surrounds the field of view, has built in speakers, and blocks out external light and sound. As well as independent motion tracking of the head and hands. It ran a simple but intuitive FPS, which was also the first true 3D (no sprites) FPS I had ever seen. Compared to that I always have to laugh when people talk about today's games as being "immersive"


You might be talking about the Forte VFX1 Headset, which was by far the geekiest gadget since the Nintendo Power Glove. I played the original System Shock on it and it was great.

http://www.combatsim.com/archive/htm/htm_arc4/vfx1.htm

When I was a kid, they used to send me this toy catalog for horrible spoiled rich brats (think Sharper Image for toys but much more expensive, it might have been FAO but I don't think so). I don't know why they sent it to me, the most expensive toy I ever bought was a Nerf Blast-A-Ball from the discount rack (awesome!), but near the back it had one of those large VR setups, listed for $75,000. It had a bunch of other cool toys too, like electric cars and stuff.

Anyways, I hope all of the kids whose parents bought them that stuff have since died horribly of cocaine overdoses or crashed their Ferraris into power stations.

The point is, I best this guy could sell it to them and charge $1000 for it.

Nobody has ever got laid by making video game nerd-tech. ever.

This would be awesome for getting your ass kicked online by people with keyboards and mice and fixed monitors!

Woot =) My first #1!