The ForceWear Vest is a
haptic suit
A haptic suit (also known as VR suit, tactile suit, gaming suit or haptic vest) is a wearable device that provides haptic feedback to the body.
History Aura Interactor (1994)
In 1994 Aura Systems launched the Interactor Vest, conceived by Aur ...
that was unveiled at the
Game Developers Conference in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
in March 2007. The vest was mentioned in several articles about next-generation gaming accessories.
The vest was released in November 2007, and reviews of the product have been generally favorable.
The vest uses eight trademarked "contact points" that simulate gunfire, body slams or G-forces associated with race car driving. It is unique because unlike traditional force feedback accessories, the vest is directional, so that action taking place outside the players' field of view can also be felt. A player hit by gunfire from behind will actually feel the shot in his back while he may not be otherwise aware of this using standard visual display cues.
Gaming reporter Charlie Demerjian of
The Inquirer
''The Inquirer'' (stylized as TheINQUIRER) was a British technology tabloid website founded by Mike Magee after his departure from ''The Register'' (of which he was one of the founding members) in 2001. In 2006 the site was acquired by Dutch ...
said, "If they can keep the price reasonable and have a few good games, this has a chance of becoming a useful gaming accessory."
Currently, players have three ways to utilize the vest. Playing games with Direct Integration, such as TN Games' own 3rd Space Incursion, using the 3rd space game drivers whilst playing a game (drivers currently in Beta 2), or installing specially made mods for a game. The vest works with many games, including ''
Call of Duty 2: 3rd Space Edition'', ''
3rd Space Incursion'', ''
Half-Life 2: Episodes 1 & 2'', ''
Crysis'', ''
Enemy Territory Quake Wars'', ''
Clive Barker's Jericho'', ''
Unreal Tournament 3
''Unreal Tournament 3'' (''UT3'') is a first-person shooter, first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Midway Games. Part of the Unreal (video game series), ''Unreal'' franchise, it is the fourth game in the ...
'', ''
F.E.A.R.
''F.E.A.R.'' is a first-person shooter psychological horror video game series created by Craig Hubbard in 2005. Released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, there are three main games in the series; '' F.E.A.R.'' (2005), '' F.E.A ...
'', ''
Medal of Honor: Airborne'', ''
Quake 4'' and ''
Doom 3''.
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Video game accessories