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January 8th, 2010, 04:50
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Feeling the limitations of your aging Aura Interactor vest? Then you might just be the rare sort of customer that Immerz is after with its new KOR-fx (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-gaming-tech-gets-a-ship-date/) "acousto-haptic" wearable device. As you might have suspected, the device doesn't exactly blow you away when you strap it on, but it is at least somewhat more impressive than a pair of speakers strapped to your chest. That might be enough to get by if it was priced for an impulse buy, but at a hefty $180 it's clearly landed in the smallest of niche markets -- the fact that it feels unnervingly like a medical device of some sort when you have it on doesn't help things either. Head on past the break for a quick video, and hit up the gallery below for a closer look.
Gallery: Immerz KOR-fx acousto-haptic contraption hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-contraption-hands-on/)
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Feeling the limitations of your aging Aura Interactor vest? Then you might just be the rare sort of customer that Immerz is after with its new KOR-fx (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-gaming-tech-gets-a-ship-date/) "acousto-haptic" wearable device. As you might have suspected, the device doesn't exactly blow you away when you strap it on, but it is at least somewhat more impressive than a pair of speakers strapped to your chest. That might be enough to get by if it was priced for an impulse buy, but at a hefty $180 it's clearly landed in the smallest of niche markets -- the fact that it feels unnervingly like a medical device of some sort when you have it on doesn't help things either. Head on past the break for a quick video, and hit up the gallery below for a closer look.
Gallery: Immerz KOR-fx acousto-haptic contraption hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-contraption-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/immerz10_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-contraption-hands-on/2596059/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/immerz09_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-contraption-hands-on/2596058/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/immerz06_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-contraption-hands-on/2596054/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/immerz02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-contraption-hands-on/2596050/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/immerz04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/immerz-kor-fx-acousto-haptic-contraption-hands-on/2596052/)
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