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The Most Incredible Video Game Simulator Ever Built
« on: October 31, 2011, 09:22:54 AM »
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The Most Incredible Video Game Simulator Ever Built Brings Battlefield 3 To Life…With Pain

by Aaron Saenz October 30th, 2011

Any video game enthusiast can buy a home theater system and improve their playing experience, but it takes a real group of obsessive lunatics fans to build a simulator that hurts you just to make the game more realistic. The Gadget Show, airing on Channel 5 in the UK, recently embarked on creating the most true to life simulator for first person shooter games ever built. They succeeded with flying colors…and bruises. Their custom rig incorporates a plethora of immersive technologies including a nine meter dome, five HD projectors, an omnidirectional treadmill, 800 LED lights, a Kinect 3D sensor (of course), and four paintball gun turrets.

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