European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 9 virtual return helmet resurrects decade sold gaming technology remember virtual reality youre not the phrase crossed Many a lip in its but like a much hyped first round draft pick gone virtual reality never quite lived up to its then from the 1980s through the there want anything the seemingly groundbreaking technology want capable of from Magazine and newspaper covers to video arcades and shopping malls to to shows and movie virtual reality oversize goggles and gloves were going to change the Way we lived our lives and even fought the was that Consumers mostly rubbed elbows with the technology at arcades and where curiosity seekers were strapped into simulators that allowed them to walk on a Distant Fly a plane or engage in a digital some 15 to 20 years virtual reality is virtually nonexistent in the minds of most most modern Day applications of the technology have much less to do with gaming and More to do with the medical where researchers use the technology to Pioneer cutting Edge surgery and even the term virtual reality has lost some of its original now meant More As a description of the online social communities real and imaginary the net has such As myspace and second aiming at gamers not everyone has Given up on the dream of virtual reality gaming least of All the executives Kisool who recently introduced the first 3d virtual reality the trimer its a blast from the fairly recent past with a purpose luring a new Genera Tion of vide game devotees to a once Whit hot trend that became ice the trimers on attempts to drop play ers neck deep in their favorite firs per son or titles that focus on the device is compatible with Many of the gaming consoles on the Market Sony playstation and playstation Nintendo game cube and Microsoft As Well As any the helmet is not compatible with the next generation consoles the Wii or Box the verdict if nothing the trim version provides another glimpse at the potential of virtual when used the device which comes with a gun attachment could enhance some gamers Clear limitations for with a atmospheric title such As play its not Star treks where you can live out whole adventures at your but it does feel As if you Are closer to the Able on the pc and most the helmet imparts a slightly Claustrophobic feel and May More urgently transmit the games tension and unit knuckle to with the helmet giving both pupils a full screen the trimer Sion offers the feeling of being in the Middle of the stereo head phones pump in the surround completing the while the technology is its limitations Are the trimers on is a one trick Pony it Doest work with titles that dont re quire a gamer to pack so every one who plays grand Turisco or the Sims is out of the which weighs More than a is not particularly comfortable to the device is so you Are Able to Amble about freely with Little worry of there is a bit of a terminator 2 feel to the whole As your screens Flicker occasionally from interference cast off by other wire less after nearly two you would think they would get this technology to work a Tad trimers on virtual reality helmet what creates 3d experience for players of firs person shooter video games platforms Sony Microsoft Nintendo gom Ecube not next generation such the How it works plugs into your gaming console or computer and wireless by transmits game images to the helmet game controls Are via buttons on a gun accessory information learning curve using the helmet takes some getting accustomed As you will have to hold the gun accessory unnaturally with both hands and learn to navigate any of a games onscreen menus using the but tons on the but the Headset does have an intuitive its not Star treks where you can live out whole adventures at your but it does feel As if you Are closer to the the trimers on is the Only wireless or helmet game in who going to plunk Down on decade sold technology Many gamers will probably find the Price tag Way out of their but that probably wont Stop 3001 and and others from trying to reach into the past to create unique gaming experiences for today audiences As evidenced by the popularity of the rerelease of video games from the 1980s and maybe whats old will be new again at least to a new generation of Gam