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Title: This environmental simulator lets you feel the heat and the wind in your favorite games and shows
Post by: HCK on October 15, 2017, 04:05:19 pm
This environmental simulator lets you feel the heat and the wind in your favorite games and shows

Whirlwind FX's Vortx lets you fulfill your dream of knowing what it might feel like when a dragon totally roasts somebody near you in the Game of Thrones universe. (That's like the whole reason people watch that show, right?)

Media technology company Whirlwind FX just launched a Kickstarter campaign for Vortx, a 4D environmental simulator that lets you feel all the action in your favorite games, television shows and movies. Pair it with a VR headset and you'll be able to experience all the fun of a simulator ride while sitting in your office chair.

How does it work?

According to the Whirlwind FX site, Vortx works by using Whirlwind FX's patented Environmental Experience algorithm to analyze audiovisual signals in scenes from whatever you're playing or watching in real time. It then translates what's happening into real physical sensations so you can feel things like bullets whizzing past you or an icy wind. Best of all, it works for all types of content, new or old.

Vortx's hardw...

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