The Judge, like a lot of experienced shotgun shooters, prefers to stand up when shooting with Lead Tech. He’s sitting down for these skeet pair. Note that since the TV is 2D the other half of the VR shotgun barrel is missing !    

Anyone old enough to remember the Link Flight Trainer will appreciate that fully immersive training that simulates the activity is the safest way way to learn the basics of flight. I used to fly gliders and I had a flight simulator hooked up to my PC – along with the pedals and joy stick. Worked OK in… Read More

I am hitting the road to do demos. I am starting with the Oculus Rift rig. And Lead Tech’s own virtual reality “try gun” shown below, and no, that is not a photograph of a real gun, it is the virtual reality gun in the simulator . . . scratches and all.

We tested the HTC Vive headset and  controller and it is, to coin a phrase, Virtually Awesome. The shooting accuracy of the hand-held is superb. It goes to the model shop 3D printer tomorrow to be turned into a simulated shotgun with dimensions taken off of Pete’s try gun. Stay tuned. Stay virtual.    

We have had about twenty demos so far and we are going to start video’ing them to show the kinds of  amazed and amazing reactions we are getting.  We have had two serious shooters demo it, and one basically nailed every clay from the first.  Rank beginners are starting to hit clays after a few… Read More

5 Stand sporting clays virtual reality is ready ! Looks great in Oculus Rift developers kit, will look better in the retail version. The layout is based on a video shot from a drone over  the National Sporting Clays shooting complex in San Antonio, see below.   The drone shot of the sporting clays field

HTC Vive Review: A Beautiful Machine With One Major Flaw: LeadTech is still in beta !   Michael Nunez Today 10:00am Filed to: HTC VIVE REVIEW 30.3K 1298 Virtual reality has always been an expensive hobby. Even in 1995, when the only VR option was the Nintendo Virtual Boy, it was hard to justify spending… Read More

Oculus Rift Review: Grab Your Virtual Shotgun Mario Aguilar Yesterday 10:00am Filed to: OCULUS RIFT REVIEW 138.3K 28112 All photos: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo Virtual reality has never really convinced me it’s worth the hassle. The roughly developed attempts so far never seem to justify the awkward hardware or the stomach queasiness. Even after strapping on one… Read More