Nerf Singapore

 Last year’s revitalised Dart Tag series from Nerf brought several new players to the game, including the single fire Sharp Shot- a fan favourite aesthetically but with very unremarkable (well rubbish) performances.  An interesting move from Nerf is to re-release it with a few minor aesthetic changes (blue rather than orange accents) and allegedly a performance factory upgrade. How much of an improvement? Well we picked one up from our local Target to give it a go. And.. a rare move by us- we cracked it open:D Internal pics after the jump:)

The Sharpshot comes in a very similar packaging to the original blaster; the blaster, four darts and a plastic quick release belt clip carabiner thing:)

In light of the gorgeous (is it tasteless to call guns gorgeous?) Gravity and Portal Gun replicas by Australian artist Harrison Krix, and in spirt of Team Dis-Kinect who hacked a Kinect to make a motion-controlled puppet for this year’s New York event, we bring you a How-To that combines the popularity of shooter games with the creative brains of a hacker.

In order to modify your Nerf gun to play rail shooter games on your
computer you will need a Nerf Finder EX-10 foam dart gun (you’ll need
the battery pack to power the wireless trigger), a five-button wireless
mouse (to dismantle for parts) and a PC enabled Kinect sensor.

First
you need to connect the Kinect sensor to your PC and install a
collection of tools that will enable you to control the Windows mouse
pointer by moving your hand in front of the sensor. Find instructions on
how to install Windows Kinect drivers, middleware and the FAAST mouse control toolkit.

Configure the tracking software by using the FAAST bindings found in Step 2.
This will allow the Nerf gun to move the mouse pointer. Do note that
the settings are designed for the Nerf gun to be tracked at shoulder
height about 5-6 feet away from the Kinect. FAAST
will activate the tracking when you press Connect, Start Emulation and
wave the Nerf gun in front of the Kinect until a white focus dot appears
on the tracking image.

Now
that your Nerf gun is able to control the mouse, add a mechanism to
enable your gun to shoot in the game. Unscrew the Nerf gun case and
remove the spring loaded bolt. Then take the circuit board from your
dismantled mouse and fit it into the cavity in the Nerf gun that use to
hold the spring bolt. Then wire the circuit to the Nerf’s battery pack
and wire the side button’s jumper wires to the Nerf’s trigger operated
switch. After that, black out the mouse laser and side vents with
insulation tape, since we are only using the circuit for the trigger
button. Make sure your PC USB mouse and the Nerf’s USB wireless receiver are connected to the same external USB hub.

Map the Nerf gun trigger to the left mouse button using X-Mouse software, and set mouse button 4 and 5 to activate. unsecured loans

With FAAST and X-Mouse running in the background, download a demo of House Of The Dead 3 and start it in windowed mode (FAAST won’t operate if the game’s running in full-screen mode. Now you’re all ready to make your gameplay that more real. bad credit loans