View Full Version : Were the Jaguar VR headsets actually ever released?
diskoboy
07-10-2007, 04:11 PM
If so, has anyone ever seen one? Much less tried one out?
I've really become obsessed with finding one, lately.
fishsandwich
07-10-2007, 04:14 PM
Never released... only shown in prototype form.
CosmicMonkey
07-10-2007, 04:15 PM
http://jagcube.atari.org/jaguarvr.html
Clownzilla
07-10-2007, 05:16 PM
It would of been a cool add-on though!
cyberfluxor
07-10-2007, 07:42 PM
Never released... only shown in prototype form.
Yup, they stopped before they got to the VB stage.
Steve W
07-10-2007, 07:55 PM
From what I understand, the Jag VR's headset was very similar to the Philips Scuba VR helmet. You could always pick one up and play Missile Command 3D with it. It won't have any head tracking, but it would be kinda close. I've got a Philips Scuba helmet without a power supply. I've been dying to try it out, but I don't know what kind of PSU to use.
ProgrammingAce
07-10-2007, 09:21 PM
Is jay smith's website down?
bangtango
07-11-2007, 01:15 AM
Why was Atari always working on extra crap like this? I know I am :deadhorse: but come on. Just research and development alone on stuff like the VR headset cost Atari a lot of money which should have been pumped into good games for the Jaguar.
I know it is easier said than done but you'd like to think someone would have taken the money that was later pissed away on VR headsets, Cat (Litter) Boxes, obsolete 3-button controllers, Jag Duo's, voice modems, etc. and get a few third parties on the damn phone or walk in their office to say, "Look, we want fuckin' Mortal Kombat III and Tomb Raider on Jaguar/Jaguar CD right NOW. Now here's the DAMN check!" At least put the money to use towards something that'd allow Atari to keep up with the Joneses. And work round the clock to release the damn games that were in development for a hundred years!
Yeah that is irrational but I've been drinking all night and I gotta say seeing two of my favorite companies (Atari & Sega) sit back while bad games flood the marketplace with their name on them or friggin' trip up with hare brained accessories and just piss away all of their hard work and all of the good they had done over 5, 10, 15, 20 some-years is just :frustrated: