CES: The $15k Racing Chair
For $15,000 you could buy a pretty decent car, but why bother when you can get the ultimate racing chair for the same money? The D-BOX GP-100 racing chair features full “three axis motion” so you get feedback when turning left/right and accelerating. D-BOX, the Canadian manufacturer says future updates of the chair will even include modules for other types of games, FPS, Sports, Flight Sims and so on. Although I find hard to see how you’d “play sports games” sitting in that thing. Video of the thing in action after the break.
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Via JohnChow.com
January 13th, 2007 at 3:05 am
Wow this look huh… kool, I wish I huh had one… Na no I dont! Its just a chair with a steering wheel controller. and that screen is sooo small. LAME! I even like racing games
January 13th, 2007 at 3:23 am
Acutally it’s not just a chair, it moves and shakes like a real car, I can imagine putting a 40″ 1080p screen right in front of it and taking Gran Turismo HD for a spin
January 16th, 2007 at 5:13 am
Yeah, nothing virtual so far comes close to driving an actual car. Maybe this thing can pull it off. Kinematics and full force feedback would make driving games more realistic and easier to drive imo. I would never pay $15k for this though, may as well get a car.
January 16th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
a waste of money..
January 17th, 2007 at 12:00 am
lol damn man thats a house a couple 360’s ,Ps3’s and a few Wii’s . I can make yall one if you want lmfao . I just need a chair , some duct take , a steering wheel some peddals . oh I will shake the chair so you can get into the game for a small fee lmfao . Or you can get our premium package two busty women in bikini’s will shake your chair for 20 dollars a minute.