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Title: First Person Pinball...
Post by: hatrick on July 26, 2007, 01:10:16 pm
 :dizzy: Whoa...this is cool. Some "artists" turned a terminator pinball machine into a giant VR helmet.
Check out the video in the link...
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gaming/furminator-first-person-pinball-is-exciting-potentially-blinding-282817.php
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: Jeff AMN on July 26, 2007, 01:20:20 pm
I imagine that could give you a pretty massive headache. Also, I'd love to see the view of Jurassic Park pinball game when it slingshots the back on the Raptor shot.
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: Disturbed013 on July 26, 2007, 01:25:06 pm
No Tilt????  Needs shoulder pads or some way to hip check.  Very cool idea, but would be hard to explain how you lost an eye playing pinball...
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: Green Giant on July 26, 2007, 01:27:14 pm
That isn't what I would call true first person.  I was expecting something where you see from inside the ball sort of like American Gladiators.  That would make it pretty crazy.  I am surprised it hasn't been done on any japanese tv shows...
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: unclet on July 26, 2007, 01:46:58 pm
That video was horrible.  It was all shaky and I now have a headache.    Why did the video keep switching camera angles every 2 seconds .....  I was thinking it would be a video depicting what it would be like playing pinball behind the two main flippers. 

My head hurts now ....    :dizzy:  :dizzy:  :dizzy:
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: MazzMn on April 30, 2008, 09:36:49 am
I had to bump this thread because this is such a unique thing and I just ran into it.
Plus I found an additional video, showing more details (in German however)
http://www.fursr.com/details.php?id=67&pid=57
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: ahofle on April 30, 2008, 10:45:05 am
This just seems like a bad idea.  Pinball playfields were not designed to have your face directly behind the flippers, so you miss out on a lot of the view.  I guess that's why they had to hack in those little LCD screens so you could actually see what was going on.  I guess I don't see the point of this, but maybe I'm missing something.
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on April 30, 2008, 12:17:42 pm
:dizzy: Whoa...this is cool. Some "artists" turned a terminator pinball machine into a giant VR helmet.
Check out the video in the link...
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gaming/furminator-first-person-pinball-is-exciting-potentially-blinding-282817.php

That is without doubt the most pointless thing I've seen as a design concept. The damned thing is bigger than a pinball table and totally pointless.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: patrickl on April 30, 2008, 12:34:59 pm
Lol, what's with the fire extinguisher?
Title: Re: First Person Pinball...
Post by: mrserv0n on April 30, 2008, 10:40:48 pm


That is without doubt the most pointless thing I've seen as a design concept. The damned thing is bigger than a pinball table and totally pointless.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)



LOL 123  :laugh2: