Where is the ?!@$? Virtual Reality Gun Controller ?

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The Clazer Virtual Reality Gun Controller was supposed to be in production by the end of the year, which is about now. But it is not yet in production, which makes me seem like such a liar that I should run for Congress. But I have someone else to blame ! (Which really would make me a Congressman) The company that did the design and prototypes- Ilium VR - just went belly up.  So I am taking the design files and prototypes to another design firm to finish and bid out to manufacture. Which … [Read more...]

Virtual Reality Gun Controller Beta Test !

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Dozens of shooters have field tested the VR gun controller. This is our first full written review by an independent tester. "I had the opportunity to try the Clazer beta gun tracker. This used one of the HTC Vive Tracker pucks attached to a custom gun mount and trigger. The setup was simple and was just the Vive tracker setup. The adapter fit on the gun well. Tracking The tracking was amazing. Putting the tracker on my gun, then lifting the headset to compare the virtual to real -  it was … [Read more...]

Virtual Reality Gun Controller Patent #5

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Virtual Reality Gun Controller Patent For Shooting Simulators November 21, 2017 By Chip Northrup I filed this continuation patent application to cover a VR gun controller for other types of shooting simulators – such as practical and action shooting. Gun controller should fit most any gun.  Coming to a Browning near you soon … [Read more...]

Save a Zombie. Using VR to Transition from FPS Gaming to Sports Shooting

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After hundreds of demos, it is clear that a FPS gamer that is also a shooter can master CLAZER almost immediately.  Some of these transitional or hybrid shooters are simply amazing at CLAZER, better than I am, which is not saying much. A FPS gamer that has played with a keyboard and mouse or XBox may struggle a bit at first - if they have never shot a shotgun. Once they get the hang of it, they are going to ready to shoot a shotgun and hit clays. An experienced shooter that has not … [Read more...]

Scholastic Shooting Teams Learn Clay Shooting with Virtual Reality Shooting Simulator

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Had a great demo today at the Fort Worth Skeet and Trap Club during a Middle School and High School scholastic clays regional tournament. Thanks to Jason Alexander of Scholastic Clays and the national champ Allen Eagles for setting it up. Everybody liked CLAZER. The really liked the gun controller. The only limitation is the visual acuity of the VR headsets themselves- beyond 60 yards (in VR) images get a bit hazy. The good news is that the only shots beyond 60 yards are in Sporting  Clays. Can … [Read more...]

Definitive Review of Clazer VR Shotgun Shooting Trainer

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Courtesy of Greg French, retired FAA inspector, veteran wing shooter. We are already addressing Greg's bug fix comments. .. Bottom Line: Great program; buy it. Now for the good, the a-little-less-good, and the even-less-good (the latter of which there is very little). I write this with the intent of informing potential purchasers of what this program is all about and what you’re getting for your (very reasonable) dollars. It’s probably far more information than many (most?) of you want … [Read more...]

How VR Can Turn FPS Shooters into Clay Shooters

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The National Champion Allen, Texas High School Sports Shooting Team demo'd CLAZER yesterday at the new DeSoto Gun Club. The future of shooting team player recruitment, training, coaching and indoor practice is going  to be VR. The Allen team members demonstrated that yesterday. Go Eagles ! It is clear that CLAZER is an ideal way for a gamer to make the transition from FPS gaming to shooting competitively. Some of the experienced gamers that are making the transition to competitive … [Read more...]

Virtual Reality Action Shooting

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We are working on a virtual reality action shooting game, that will faithfully recreate the dynamics of action shooting contests – ballistics, weapons, rules, timing, etc. This will be for HTC Vive rigs first since that will enable us to use our VR gun controller on the (real) action shooting pistols, rifles and tactical shotguns – and their AirSoft and RedGun counterparts. Idea is to take zombie killers and turn them into real metal target action shooters – via timed, ruled online tournaments … [Read more...]

The Truman Show Effect in VR – CLAZER at Scholastic Shooting Conference

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We demo'd CLAZER for the Scholastic Clays and Scholastic Action Shooting leagues last weekend.  Stephen and our VR armorer Mike Green added a Beretta hand gun and some metal targets for the action shooters. The clay shooters demo'd the Sporting Clays to general astonishment and acclaim. CLAZER is an ideal recruiting, training and teaching tool for clay shooting and - soon - action shooters. CLAZER simulates real world competitive shooting 24.7.365  - we don't shoot at people with bad … [Read more...]