Interactor: The ’90s VR backpack gamers hated

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'It feels weird.'

ArticleBody:Feel every punch in Mortal Kombat. Feel the booming explosions in Contra 3. Feel the throbbing heat of being 'on fire' in NBA Jam. Sounds cool, right? Wrong. Very wrong. In 1994, Aura Systems introduced the Interactor, a haptic vest that attached to kids' backs and delivered vibrations in sync with the action of Super NES and Sega Genesis games.

The Interactor seemed cool and received big hype on its release, so how did it end up lost to tech gaming history? Well, put simply, it just wasn't something kids wanted and their parents weren't willing shell out the money for a gadget their kids were meh about. As a then-12-year-old Jeremy Belcher told the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1994: “It feels weird.” Oof.

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