We are finishing up CLAZER 1.2 which shows multiple guns (12, 20 and 28 gauge), the users hands (in leather gloves) and enables a PULL command and active re-loading. Some screen shots below. Will send out this build to beta testers next week. Work on the real gun controller continues apace.   … [Read more...]

A CLAZER shooter ordered one of these, only to discover to his dismay that his VR shotgun now shoots straight up ! We are working on a fix for him Meanwhile back at the ranch, beta testing of our real gun VR controller continues . . . HTC Vive Dual Controller Rifle Stock with Cheek Rest, Adjustable, 3d Printed | eBay www.ebay.com Cheek rest has height adjustment. Second controller doesn’t have to be screwed in. Second controller can be free but used to brace the front … [Read more...]

John Shima is not only a world famous skeet shooter, but a world famous skeet shooting coach and a bit of a “life coach” – since a lot of what he teaches can be applied off the skeet field.  To get a sense of that, check out John’s books on shooting – and life.  … [Read more...]

The first VR gun controller prototypes are ready for testing on real guns ! Shown below are pictures of the controller on a Belgian Browning 20 gauge. The trigger controller has a paddle trigger next to the trigger guard. The motion tracker is an HTC Vive controller fitted to a bore arbor in the muzzle. Gen 2 will use the Vive Tracker Paddle trigger and motion tracker in muzzle The view from the headset: Motion tracker attached to muzzle plug The trigger … [Read more...]

Matt N., an avid skeet and sporting clays shooter, discovered that his original CLAZINATOR V 1.0 had a minor issue - it shot straight up. Which made it great for trick shots at Station 8 and on incoming/ out-going pheasants, ducks and doves. But not so good for anything else. So Matt came up with a VR shotgun controller that can shoot straight. Behold, the CLAZINATOR 2.0: … [Read more...]

Matt N, and avid shooter, has built his own HTC VR gun controller, to create the dimensions of holding a shotgun- shown below. Color us impressed.  He beat us to it. Here's Matt's review, posted on the CLAZER STEAM VR website: "I am a true sporting clay/skeet enthusiast and have just recently acquired Clazer. When I  got my Vive online the very first thing I looked for was a clay simulator but could only find arcade type target games.  Then came Clazer!  I found it very realistic and found … [Read more...]

Can you recreate the ergonomics and sight picture of a real shotgun in VR ? More precisely, when your head is on the stock, do you see in VR what you see at the range and the field ? The short answer is yes – if you shoot “heads up” – as someone that I have known since birth demonstrates below with an old Browning with a low comb.. This is kind of important to know since we get the first prototype VR gun controllers next week.  If you shoot head up – facing the target more or less “head … [Read more...]

The Leading Edge in Shotgun Training Fun! The Best VR Shooting Simulator is Gamer Friendly February 7, 2017 By Chip Northrup Leave a Comment (Edit) Soon. We’re working on it. Honest . . . Some apparently disappointed gamers who clearly do not shoot tournament grade shotguns for a living have evidently bought CLAZER thinking that they were going to shoot zombies with lasers. Sorry fellows, the name “CLAZER” is evidently a bit misleading. We admit, we ripped it off from … [Read more...]

Shown below is champion Sporting Clays shooter, Gebben Miles testing CLAZER at our ranch – which is about an hour from Gebben’s new shooting academy in Dripping Springs.  He dug it plenty and after he got the hang of the phantom clay in skeet and trap, turned the phantom off and proceeded to break every clay in 5 Stand – with one exception – the rabbit. We did 5 Stand based on the machine set-up at the National Shooting Complex – and they had no rabbit the day we video’d the layout with a … [Read more...]

Show below is the first patent pending VR/ AR gun controller prototype on what looks curiously like a Beretta over/under shotgun because it is a Beretta over/ under shotgun. Unlike other “gun controllers” this kit is meant to be fitted onto a real gun  Not a gun that looks exactly like a real gun and feels and weighs like a real gun But a real real gun. In this case, a shotgun  Why would we want to do that ? Why indeed ! Because if you are going to practice shooting clays in virtual … [Read more...]