Force Feedback Headphones?

2003-04-30 20:57:31

Are they any good. I was thinking of getting a pair, but not sure if they are worth it. It sounds pretty sweet. Can anyone suggest a model?

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #1 – 2003-04-30 21:10:00

force feedback headphones? Let's see...a force feedback steering wheel simulates the forces you feel in the steering wheel when driving a car, and a force feedback joystick simulates the forces you feel when, say, flying a plane.  Oh yes, I need some force feedback headphones to simulate all the forces I usually feel on my ears during various activities...oh, wait, that's called sound and I already have sound reproduction equipment

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #2 – 2003-04-30 21:12:36

Hm.. perhaps they make you play air guitar or sing?

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #3 – 2003-05-01 00:05:07

For listening to music? No.

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #4 – 2003-05-01 11:07:38

i'm too lazy to google, but i'm convinced there are some links concerning forcefeedback headphones existing out there (if ffb headphones exist? I've never heard of something like this..).

Gimme a link please!

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #5 – 2003-05-02 13:09:06

I googled a bit and easily found some review about the Rumble FX Force Feedback Headphone (there seems not to be much choice..):

1. and 2. review

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #6 – 2003-05-02 13:21:55

So they're simply vibrating? Really I don't know how headphones that jumps on your head could improve listening...
Or perhaps the headphones vibrate hard enough to help you perform headbanging while you're listening to heavy-metal? 

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #7 – 2003-05-02 19:58:01

I'm amazed at how many people simply don't understand what force feedback means, especially since the term describes itself, heh.  Slapping a vibrating device into some contraption doesn't make it force feedback, strictly speaking.  It makes it woman-friendly, though.  Force feedback requires that the device give you, you guessed it, feedback in the form of, yup, force in some direction(s) related to what you're currently doing.  So yes, that means your totally awesome rumble controller for your wicked cool playstation doesn't really qualify as a force feedback device, despite how cool you think it is that it shakes in your hand when you crash your car in Gran Turismo.  Force feedback in a game like that would be, as you speed around a left-hand turn with the controller moved to the left to steer the car left, the controller is trying to move to the right so you feel the same kind of force/resistance that you do when you're actually in a real car and making a left-hand turn and the steering wheel is pulling to the right in your hands since the car naturally wants to go straight.

Force Feedback Headphones?

Reply #8 – 2003-05-06 18:49:13

Being primarily a Nintendo gamer, I'm glad that you mentioned Sony in a negative way for their rumbling controls, and not Nintendo for being the first to do it.