Coolest Video Game Idea. Please Read!

What If in the future, they had release a video game where you put on a suit and you control all of your body movements by that? If they could use this technology imagine on how realistic games could get? Do you think this will be avaliable in the future? If they made this a sweet game would be you are on a team of 10-40 people and you have to survive with a team of people against creatures/dinosaurs with you weapon of choice. What do you guys think of this? Do you think they will ever release a game system like this? Thnks for your time.Cornerstore

Introducing a controller that requires such extreme input is unfavourable because then you're automatically giving a disadvantage to the physically weak. You also have to consider the amount of room required for it to work not to mention that it's extremely annoying to put on an entire suit just to play for a couple of minutes. Force feedback also has to be considered. This kind of controller would only work with shooters and RPGs. The market for such a product would be too small to consider ever putting out.

Here's a cut and paste froma blog I wrote a while ago aboutperipherals.

Body Suit

Next generation or the one after, I see this as definitely being viable as a control method, at least from a technological standpoint. We see these currently used for motion capture. Why not use them realtime instead?. This could really let you do anything (given that developers make good with utilising the control method in their games of course) and make immersion go through the roof. Participate in some athletic events like javelin or discus with your friends or online. Take boxing games to a new level. Actually roam around the 'sandbox' world you are in. Bad guy in your face? Punch, kick or even headbutt that guy out of the park!

Pros :
Immersion. Immersion. Immersion.
Potentially different colours or schemes. Suit up as your favourite mascot!
Force feedback could be included in various areas in the suit for more pinpoint feedback.

Cons :
You actually have to suit up before you play.
You may look rather silly wearing the suit if you have visitors.
They would need to be available in different sizes. This might mean that one suit will not be able to be used by multiple players in one household.
There will of course be multiple sensors in the suit. One broken sensor may ruin your game experience and require (probably costly) repair.
There are likely to be negative implications applied to software that uses this 'controller' to perform actions that replicate illegal or immoral acts in real life.
This control scheme may not suit some existing genres of games.

As I said in the first line, from a technological standpoint, in several years I think it will be a feasible control scheme. However, I think there are too many negatives to make anyone take the risk. But who knows, we got the Wii.

Nice idea, but I have a fear of it somehow, being the immoral and illegal things that you coulddo in VR.

The dino survival game wouldnt be too good though...Especially when you get chomped on by a T-REX.....and the sensors simulate the effect..:o

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