| What are gaming peripherals? These are add on | | | | Kit (Includes 2 free games) which takes a multi |
| gear to make console and computer video gaming | | | | sensory approach to pull you the gamer deeper |
| more accessible, more realistic and more fun. | | | | into the game. The system includes two speakers |
| Consoles have been doing this for years, for the | | | | with top mounted ambient light, wall washer desk |
| example the Nintendo Zapper back in the mid | | | | fans and a rumble wrist. This PC System sells for |
| 80's, the P5 virtual reality game glove or the | | | | $300 and can be bought on |
| disappointing Virtual Boy. Not all gaming peripherals | | | | Games for the amBX PC System, include |
| have been bad take for example the widely | | | | Supreme Commander and Quake 4. How it |
| successful games and the peripherals that went | | | | works is that the effects emanate from the |
| with them like Dance Dance Revolution and the | | | | game: red lights flash on the speakers as your |
| Guitar Hero Series. | | | | character takes damage, wind from the fans |
| But consoles aren't the only systems getting into | | | | buffets your face while you run and the wall |
| the gaming peripheral act. Mark Ombrellaro, CEO | | | | behind your monitor glows with colors tuned to |
| of TN Games, has designed a new product for his | | | | the game's environment. |
| company, the 3rd Space FPS Vest, a | | | | People who tested the 3rd Space vest at first |
| sophisticated contraption that you wear which | | | | liked it. When first suiting up you might feel a little |
| allows you to feel the impact of your enemy's | | | | self-conscious one gamer tells us, "I nearly fell out |
| bullets and body slams. | | | | of my chair after taking my first hit. The twitch in |
| Ombrellaro stated "Once [games] become that | | | | my chest was sharp and surprisingly strong." The |
| real," he says, "you know you're going to want to | | | | problem became that the sensation to gamers |
| interact with them and you're going to want them | | | | became more distracting and felt to much like a |
| to interact with you." | | | | string of muscle spasms. |
| The 3rd Space FPS vest, sells for $169, how it | | | | The Phillips' amBX PC System looks brighter in the |
| work is that it houses eight contact points that | | | | gamers eyes. The effects that enhanced gamers |
| are injected with air from a separate compressor. | | | | experiences the most where the puffs of air |
| The effects that are produced are the following: | | | | from the fans when a character opened a door |
| point jabs, pulses and throbs which support | | | | or a slight shift in the hue of the lighting from |
| events in a given compatible computer video | | | | behind the monitor to compliment the |
| game. | | | | surroundings in a new game scene. |
| Right now the most compatible game that is | | | | So will gaming soon become like the commercial |
| coded for the Vest is the company's own | | | | that Playstation did for the fictional Playstation 9 |
| Incursion and a special edition of Call of Duty 2. | | | | to advertise the Playstation 2? Probably not, but |
| The 3rd FPS Vest has software drivers that | | | | the success of this new generation of gaming |
| supply limited effects to games such as "Unreal | | | | depends on the thoughtful game design as much |
| Tournament 3," "Crysis," and "Medal of Honor: | | | | as the new gear that comes with it. So if the |
| Airborne," to name a few. | | | | game design doesn't gel with the new gear, the |
| Another PC peripheral on the market is Phillips | | | | gear will just be thrown out and be another piece |
| Electronics' Philips SGC5102BD amBX 2.1 PC | | | | of expensive equipment used as a massive door |
| Gaming Speaker System Peripherals ProGamer | | | | stop. |