Greg of PC Enthusiast reviews the haptic gaming vest known as the KOR-FX.
He writes:
"I listened and experienced the harrowing calls of a Tyrannosaurus Rex in “Jurassic Park”, felt jets sweep overhead in Dirty Bomb, and even embraced the sound of my own dying heartbeat in Crysis 2."
Garrett from The Koalition writes:
Welcome back for another issue of The Koalition’s Kickstarter Weekly. Last weekend, I took a trip up to Dallas to attend the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention (SGC), hoping to get away from my weekly crowdfunding obligations in favor of previewing some amazing indie games. Turns out I managed to find something at SGC that is currently on Kickstarter, and I even tested it out. The other project on this roundup wasn’t at SGC, but I’m going to pretend it was there in spirit. Regardless, here's to the first Kickstarter Weekly in which I got hands-on experience.
This is a good post for a Kickstarter for two things called KOR-FX and Subject 13.
Seth Fandetti, CEO of Immerze, talks about the KOR-FX virtual reality vest, its inspirations, and its development.
Maximum PC: A company out of Cambridge, Massachusetts is trying to raise $75,000 on Kickstarter to fund a gaming vest that offers haptic feedback. The company is KOR FX and its gaming vest uses "4DFX" technology to transform audio coming from your games or media into pinpointed high-definition haptic feedback so that you can feel movements, bullets, explosions, and more. Our tireless Online Managing Editor Jimmy Thang made his way over to KOR FX's booth at E3 to see the vest in person and learn about the technology behind it.
With better sensors this could be a crazy thing when you pair it with VR tech and a wheel if you're playing a racing game.
I had a horrible experience with this thing. I was excited when i got it. My first vest I got was broke it didn't turn on, then my second one which took over 5 weeks to get after first one was working fine for couple of days, then it stop working as well. It would just keep saying ON ON ON ON ON over and over. Honestly when it did work, I didn't find it to be that great. You have to go through settings every time you play something and spend time set up each game. So worst part by far was customer service. Everything was fine my first vest replacement besides how long it took to ship back to me. Once second one went bad it took over a week to response to my email and then I asked for a refund but they wouldn't do it since it had be 30 days. It was over 30 days because it took 5 weeks to ship replacement back to me lol. I went back and forth with them for weeks. I would just spam forums and twitter warning people about the service and after I got my bank involved they finally refunded me. So about 70 days later after two broken products finally got my money back. Buyer beware check forums a lot of people had broken vests. I would stay away from this but maybe other people like this review had better experience. Vest feels kind of cheap as well. Maybe there next version of the vest will be improved. Also really needs back sensor. Thanks