New vest lets you feel the bullets…

You know you’ve got a winning product when everyone who tries it comes away with huge grins and can’t stop talking about the experience. Which was exactly what happened at the TN Games booth today. The FPS Gaming vest is a new gaming peripheral aimed at the first person shooter market. Looking like a flack jacket, the vest will actually “punch” you when you get hit. Not only that, but it punches where you get hit too. It doesn’t bruise, but you definitely know you’ve been fragged and where the shot came from.

Now for the fun part. At the show they’re demonstrating a prototype helmet to add on to the system. When I first heard about this I had a few reservations. I mean, you don’t normally say “yes” to someone when they say “Hey, wear this helmet that will hit you in the head”.

It works though, and works well. Playing the demo game I got taken down by an alien, and the fatal shot came straight to the back of the head. Ouch…

Gaming hardware is dead in the water if it doesn’t have title support, which is why TN have developed drivers for a bunch of common games including Crysis, Half Life 2, Medal of Honour and F.E.A.R.

The vest without helmet is available now from the TN Games website for $169 which seems pretty good value to me for the experience. The helmet is still prototype and there’s no final price or availability yet. You need a USB connection and presumably some sort of power for the air compressor.

The unintentional model in the photo is Adam from VeniceTheMenace.com, who had the misfortune to be there as I was walking around with the camera!

 

[Via Coolest Gadgets]

Rareware and Xbox LIVE

Xbox Evolved has many sources indicating that the classic N64 Rareware title “Goldeneye 007” will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade later this year, as well as many others.

Talking with very reliable sources, and seeing evidence ourselves, Xbox Evolved believes that Microsoft, Rareware, MGM Studios (studio that makes the James Bond 007 movies) and Activision (holds the license for James Bond 007 titles right now) have come to an agreement to bring the Rareware developed Goldeneye 007 out to Xbox Live Arcade shortly before the new game developed by Activision is released.

The title will feature updated graphics, and of course an all-new Xbox Live multiplayer. Not only that, but we have found evidence that Rareware is planning on releasing even more of their back catalog onto Xbox Live Arcade, specifically, Perfect Dark and the original Banjo-Kazooie. Expect more on at least Goldeneye 007 later this year.

The 59th TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY AWARDS

I’m only posting the ones that matter to Gamers.  =)   Though it looks like there’s old data mixed with the current ones.. 

 

The Awards for Game Controller Innovation:
      Nintendo DS (Nintendo)
      Nintendo Wii (Nintendo)

The Awards for Handheld Game Device Display Screen Innovation: 
     Football & Auto Race (Mattel)
     Atari Lynx (Atari)
     Nintendo DS (Nintendo)

The Awards for User Generated Content – Game Modification:
   Pinball Construction (Electronic Arts (EA))
   Quake (id Software)
   Second Life (Linden Lab)

The Awards for Physics Engines:
      Havok

The Awards for Development of Massively Multiplayer Online Graphical Role Playing Games: 
         Neverwinter Nights (AOL-Time Warner/Stormfront/Ubisoft/TSR-Wizards of the Coast)
         Everquest (Sony Online Entertainment)
         World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)

The Awards for Visual Digital Content Creation Tools and their Impact:
            Autodesk Maya (Autodesk)
            Autodesk 3ds Max (Autodesk)