{"id":2825,"date":"2024-01-17T04:04:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2024-01-17T04:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:04:12","slug":"the-acexr-vr-shooting-system-its-like-shooting-a-competition-with-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2825","title":{"rendered":"The AceXR VR Shooting System: &#8220;It&#8217;s Like Shooting A Competition With .22&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-696x522.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20231228_033546989-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"PXL_20231228_033546989\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In some ways, hyper-realistic firearms training has been the holy grail of the defensive, police, and military shooting worlds. While there\u2019s a lot you can do on the range, there are still some steep downsides to being limited to live fire.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest one is cost, especially for those of us who can\u2019t print money or take a cut of every transaction in town. People often have enough trouble coming up with ammo to learn the basics and take their first shooting class. Getting really good at basic marksmanship and then moving on to intermediate and advanced classes often just doesn\u2019t happen due to constraints on time and money.<\/p>\n<p>The other limitation to range shooting is that there are things you just can\u2019t do, like practice fighting against real humans. Workarounds, like airsoft, simunitions, training simulators that have a big projection on multiple walls, and simply setting up targets to simulate a few seconds of various defensive scenarios all have one thing in common: they remove the danger and legal issues. But, they fall short of what would be the perfect training experience (that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AAzY28C8Syc\">would probably look something like this<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>One thing that\u2019s been almost completely worthless in the past has been video games. Learning to get really good at moving joysticks, mice and WASD keys around can be a lot of fun, but you don\u2019t learn any of the actual physical skills involved.<\/p>\n<p>But, that\u2019s been changing in recent years. As I pointed out in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/consumer-virtual-reality-is-almost-ready-for-serious-firearm-training\/\">VR technology has come a long way toward actual realism<\/a>. With 3D vision, a 360-degree environment and motion tracking, it\u2019s possible to feel like you\u2019re actually there. When I first played Star Wars: Tales From Galaxy\u2019s Edge in 2021, I found that the real-world tactics for best use of cover and concealment I\u2019ve learned over the years actually worked. But, when I raised the controller to fire, a lot of the realism was lost when there was no recoil and only a spongy trigger button.<\/p>\n<p>Various solutions are in development, with some that look promising to solve that last realism gap, but what I didn\u2019t know a few weeks ago was that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acexr.com\/\">a company called AceXR basically had it solved<\/a>\u00a0and they were about to go to market.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to use the Meta Quest 2 or 3 controller as its own gun, they designed a realistic-feeling pistol with a slot on top for the controller to ride in. They call this a \u201chandset.\u201d It\u2019s weighted and has the feel of a real pistol, has a realistic self-resetting trigger and has a magazine-release button. The software is calibrated for the controller to be pointed in a completely different direction, and everything lines up like it should in software.<\/p>\n<p>The end result is a training experience that my brother says feels a lot like going to the range with a Ruger Mark IV 22\/45 with a heavy barrel. Like shooting a heavy .22, there\u2019s no recoil, but every other part of the experience is right. Here\u2019s a video of the target practice and sight alignment untimed drill:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ace XR is pretty decent so far. Videos don&#8217;t really do justice to the experience, unfortunately. \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9WUPslz0B\">pic.twitter.com\/y9WUPslz0B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Civil Defense League (@CvlDfnseLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CvlDfnseLeague\/status\/1740242008944570865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The app already has dozens of experiences, including common IPSC stages, free ranges and custom drills made by the company. You can choose different guns, put different sights and optics on them (including the Holosun 507c ACSS Vulcan I typically use) and build a custom avatar for multi-player experiences with friends.<\/p>\n<p>While Meta is hesitant to allow force-on-force training, there are still several nice experiences that aren\u2019t possible on a real shooting range. One of them is the \u201c360 Drone\u201d drill, where drones come flying over the berms carrying steel targets. You have to shoot them before they get too close, and you\u2019re aiming to hold out for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What really sucks about sharing video from VR experiences is that it&#8217;s 2D and you don&#8217;t get a sense of what it&#8217;s like for the image to perfectly follow your movements. It&#8217;s a LOT more realistic than it looks (and challenging).<\/p>\n<p>It uses a realistic controller, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t8kIva2mrW\">pic.twitter.com\/t8kIva2mrW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Civil Defense League (@CvlDfnseLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CvlDfnseLeague\/status\/1747090679593926979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only would this be dangerous (shooting in all directions and over the berm), but it\u2019s a federal felony to shoot a drone down, because it\u2019s still considered an aircraft. But, these aren\u2019t real drones and they\u2019re not coming at you on a real range. So, you can make like a Russian soldier and try to see how long you survive against the drones.<\/p>\n<p>Another very cool 360 experience is the \u201cZombie 360\u201d, where you defend a shack with holes and gaps in it against invading zombies until one gets too close.<\/p>\n<h3>Getting Into This Is Pretty Affordable<\/h3>\n<p>Obviously, getting into AceXR will require picking up a Meta Quest VR headset. But, the prices for those have come down quite a bit in the last few years. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/quest\/compare\/?utm_source=gg&amp;utm_medium=ps&amp;utm_campaign=18854243668&amp;utm_term=meta%20quest%202&amp;utm_content=685950285040&amp;utm_funnel=dcap&amp;&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAzJOtBhALEiwAtwj8tsCJuY1yzFA0cfMueartKqPfkFd26FDm-fkZ0sAwYzS4sGngP4oxghoCfq8QAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\">pick up a Quest 2 (that\u2019s the one I use) for $250 now<\/a>. The better and sharper Quest 3 starts at $500, but you\u2019d probably want to get the 512 GB version for $650. I wouldn\u2019t recommend the Quest Pro, as most apps cannot use its advanced features and the newer Quest 3 is generally better.<\/p>\n<p>The AceXR software and \u201chandset\u201d gun controller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acexr.com\/membership\">will set you back about $250<\/a>. This gets you a year of membership to all of the app\u2019s features plus shipping for the free handset. So, all-in-all, you\u2019re in for about $500 to get this all set up.<\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re at it, it\u2019s also worth considering getting some other VR shooter games to practice in nonrange scenarios (the AceXR gun doesn\u2019t work for most other games, but some might have settings you can tinker with to get it working). One great one I\u2019ll be writing about next week is Ghosts of Tabor, but I have another rifle stock on the way to test with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/the-acexr-vr-shooting-system-its-like-shooting-a-competition-with-22\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 In some ways, hyper-realistic firearms training has been the holy grail of the defensive, police, and military shooting worlds. While there\u2019s a lot you can do on the range, there are still some steep downsides to being limited to live fire. 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