I just bought the KOR-FX 4DFX Haptic Gaming Vest

[Deadmeat553 23]

I'm so excited to finally try out this product! I've read nothing but excellent reviews.

 

It should arrive in a few days (they didn't give an actual date, so I'm just guessing).

[Tim 236]

I just Googled that.  Holy crap, that looks amazing!

 

Imagine that vest + Occulus!

 

Or imagine wearing that and going to sleep, with surround audio + the vest doing things while you dream.  Freddy Kruegar anyone?

[Deadmeat553 23]

The awesome thing is, it's not just for games!

 

It apparently works great with movies (and I wonder how it will work with music).

[Tim 236]

I'm really curious how it knows when to rumble. Is it specific to a type of sound?

[Deadmeat553 23]

Im not really sure.

Perhaps it somehow converts the audio to 5.1 or 7.1 and then uses the directional input to decide which speaker to use.

I'm really just shooting in the dark there. I have no clue.

[Tim 236]

Deadmeat, using 5.1 sound is actually a brilliant idea. If that isn't how it is done, it very well could be!

[Deadmeat553 23]

Well right now it is connected to your output by a 3.5mm jack so I don't know if all of the data necessary is transferred for a convertion to 5.1 or 7.1 to be possible. If that's not how they do it, I predict that a future model probably will connect with 5.1 or 7.1 cables.