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Turn Your Body Into A First-Person-Shooter Controller

Novint, the folks behind that most curious Falcon peripheral, are back again with yet more hardware curios. This time, it’s the ability to turn your arm into a motion-controlled rumble pack.

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It’s latest device is called Xio, and Novint says it adds the sense of ā€œtouchā€ to gaming. ā€œUnlike current motion control technologies out there, you will be able to feel what is in the game,ā€ explains Novint. ā€œWhen you shoot a gun, take a full body golf swing, jump a car, or smash a sword into a shield, you’ll be able to feel what happens.ā€

The Xio is currently aimed (geddit?) at PCs, is apparently lag-free and should cost about the same as a Falcon.

In the above video, Novint shows off the Xio, along with a custom-built VR outfit that even uses a FPS gaming vest, the TNGames Third Space Vest, along with some prototype guns and a knife. If it was anyone else, I’d be very jaded and say this was vaporware, but this is Novint, those guys have dont nutty things in the past. This is madness. And I like it.

Novint Xio [Official Site via Nonpolynomial]

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