welcome to my review of the core FX 4D FX haptic feedback gaming system from
emers this is the first haptic feedback vest I have tried extensively and I'm
super excited as I love devices that increase immersion immers has some
pretty heavy claims about this device even going out of their way to include a
safety note stating that the core effect generates powerful emotional and
physical effects well Mark me down is
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click now to learn more first things first physical
overview you have little pouches for holding various electronics and speakers
along with included the four battery slots 2x two by the way batteries
themselves are not included in the middle of the chest piece you have a removable velcro pad so you can put
something like your clan logo and behind that you have the two vibrating
transducers the yellow buttons on the right side of the chest piece control
the amplitude of the transducers so essentially your intensity the buttons
on the left side are power which is pretty self-explanatory bind which will
bind your chest piece to the control box and mode which will use or change
between three different modes or filters the first filter filter is the least
inclusive and involves the lows like deep Bas the second filter also includes
lows from the first filter but also now includes the mid-range filter 3 is as
you guessed it an all-encompassing filter which includes lows mids and
highs to explain that the core FX functions by receiving audio from your
computer that little control box acts as an in between so you have a line in and
a line out that would go to your headphones or speakers and then
depending on the sound that comes into the line in the core effects will then
vibrate I'm not going to go super in depth on how to set all of that up or
setting up other various things because the core FX crew actually has some quite
good videos on how to get yourself going in various different setups you can
check for those at core fx.com slstart with the help of those videos
and some well spent time you should be able to get this unit running very
nicely very quickly the control box is a little lackluster in the way that it has
no rubber or feet on the bottom and will likely just slide around your desk
especially because it is so freaking light the Box features a line in and
line in volume a plug for USB mini to deliver power line out line out volume
and a power switch and a bind button to bind to the vest before we move on I
must make a note about the cables they are really short and at first I was
quite worried about this but in use I didn't actually find it to be that bad
is the unit wirelessly connects to the vest so this little box can just live
near the back of my computer where all my plugs are anyways although it's
something to take note on depending on your setup in wearability terms it
wasn't that bad it's size and adjustment
abilities kind of allow it to fit on a very wide variety of body types but I
really would have preferred it if the form factor was something like an actual
tactical vest and not reminiscent of a sports bra this would make the unit feel
much more real for the immersion people out there and would allow them to have
more transducers speaking of transducers or
lack thereof how does this thing perform well not that great unfortunately as
expected the vibrations from the transducers are weak and the fact that
there are only two of them and they both happen to sit right kind of on either
side of my chest is a little sucky their
positioning and the lack of any other transducers doesn't help with immersion
anytime the legendary scenario of a grenade going off near me would happen I
would just be too distracted by the fact that apparently the grenade only had an
effect on my inner pecs to really appreciate the shrapnel riddle death
that I just endured I want something with oomph I want something that
actually makes me feel like I'm in the moment which is also a problem because
of how the unit operates basing the vibration solely off of sound makes it
really fun to listen a DubStep and maybe some metal but rather distracting in
most games for Shooters you get vibration every time you shoot which
makes sense because of recoil but it's a little odd because yet again it's in the
middle of your chest not your arms or your shoulder shoulders if someone
happens to talk with a deep growly voice your vest will probably vibrate if
you're playing a game with background combat noise like Battlefield your vest
will vibrate a lot if you're playing a racing game it doesn't feel like you're
racing it feels like you're enduring the world's worst chest massage so in
conclusion at $150 the corx vest isn't
for me it doesn't feel like an actual vest I would wear the vibrations feel
inconsequential and largely end up getting ignored especially because of
the vest vibrating at all the wrong times to be fair though I don't actually
want to rag on a Ms I walked into this review really hoping this thing would be
awesome and it just unfortunately was not but I do think there is a market for
highquality gaming vests especially with consumer VR right around the corner the
thing is though that we really need a
lot more force in the feedback of better overall vest construction so that it
feels real a better logical system for when the vest should trigger which will
probably require developer support so won't even be supported in that many
games unfortunately that being said that
ideal vest that I just described would be really expensive the the cost of
working with developers the cost of more physical material because it would have
to be a bigger vest the cost of a better way to interpret explosions and stuff so
you can actually feel them more transducers better transducers all that
kind of stuff is going to cost more that vest could easily be 500 or 600 bucks
and then people probably wouldn't buy it anyways so I don't know so what do you
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