The IGN folks have got their stinking ape paws all over the Trimersion Virtual Reality kit for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC, and, not surprisingly, they say it is absolutely craptastic.
The bulky head-mounted unit, which weighs 1.2 pounds and has a pair of 1-inch 320 x 240 pixel LCD panels, makes you look like a dork while tracking your movements like any other VR system. However, the Trimersion has to work with current first person games that are not designed for VR, and therefore uses head motion to aim. The result: your head becomes the joystick, rather than using the included gun to point and shoot, independently of where you are looking at.
https://gizmodo.com/trimersion-virtual-reality-wireless-gun-controller-loo-210724
IGN says that “if you’ve ever wanted to know what it would be like to be a drunken Space Marine, this is it.” Well, since I feel like that on a regular basis, I think I’ll pass on spending $299 on it and instead spend that money on rum. One image of the complete kit after the jump.
