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Its Coming...
Posted on Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 16:55:26 Eastern

I have received word that there is a new up-and-coming way to play games. This is only available to the money friendly people though. It is a system that actually puts you totally in the game. It is basically a 10' mesh steel ball that you get inside and it rolls around on a spindle. This translates walking in the game. You have a wireless gun and ammo and a full 3d visual helmet. (this is a cheaper rendition) Click here.
I am aware that this has been talked about for about 2 or 3 years now but there is a company that is going to make it available for semi-mass production for buying and renting it out like bounce houses and paddle boats. They put the price of all the components and equipment at about $1000 now which is a grand leap from the original.
Sadly, no developers of major games will look at this thing because there aren't millions of people buying it and they can't make money.

The one i saw has a full peripheral vision helmet and a cooler gun. The game is pretty BA too.

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Eyebrowsbv31
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Apr 18th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Not new news, I posted this in the General Gaming section weeks ago. http://www.gamerevolution.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8710 Looks like the gods of Vox Pop need to read the forums more :D

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Cowgangster
Joined: Oct 2006

Posted: Apr 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I saw this on the discovery channel like 2 years ago. Is cool but not new news. And it is only used for military training. But there is no doubt they will make it for gamers too.

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splinter1991
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Apr 20th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Ya its been available to practically no one for years but now they are going to be able to buy and rent out like those ghetto bounce houses. The design has also been altered and modified.

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Brian_Rowe
Joined: Jan 2008

Posted: Apr 21st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I can't say that I'm excited for this in the least. I remember when virtual reality games were supposed to be the next big thing back in the mid-90s. Man, did those games suck. Part of the problem with a contraption like this, besides the lack of support, is control. Sure, it's you in the ball, but how do you jump or duck? When you're in a full sprint and an in-game object is about to stop you, momentum is going to keep that ball spinning. There is a slew of other reasons why this will suck, but let's suffice to say that's it's little more than a gimmick masquerading as a hamster ball.

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splinter1991
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Jun 26th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I agree, terrible blog, not voxworthy

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