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>The Activator (1993, Sega Genesis), a virtual reality device that was on display at “Hot Circuits, a Video Arcade” at the American Museum of the Moving Image (AMMI) 1 October 1993 - 1 May 1994.

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>>4980576
"Virtual reality" was a huuuuuuge fad at that time, lots of junk got made trying to sell the concept

Now in 2018 we finally have VR headsets and no one cares

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>>4980576
This is one of those peripherals that should have been shut down as as soon as it became apparent that people would assume it worked a certain way that was actually the exact opposite of how it really worked. But instead they marketed it as basically being 1:1 motion controls to exploit everybody's misconceptions.

Shit like this kills consumer confidence and damages brands, but Sega loved them some gimmicky add-ons.

>> No.4981879

>>4980576
I have it complete in box. Even the VCR tape for it.
It's complete shit. Only tried it once as a kid and I thought it was garbage

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>you will never gib the shit out of your opponents on quake dm4 while strapped to VFX-1 Headgear with custom paintjob

>> No.4981927

Ah the activator

*sips*

now that was virtual reality device!

>> No.4981928

>>4980872
you're acting like the thing even worked at all, it was completely and absolutely useless