We played around with the home version of the
ButtKicker rumpwoofer at CES back in January, but this weekend the NHRA is going to test out the other part of the signal chain: driver Jeg Coughlin Jr. will have a special Bluetooth vibration sensor installed in his car that will eventually allow the home viewer to feel like they're riding shotgun while planted firmly on the couch. NASA is already using ButtKicker tech as part of the Shuttle launch experience ride at the Kennedy Space Center, so it's clearly capable of doing the job, and the plan is to eventually sell subscriptions to the ButtKicker feed as an add-on to NHRA and NASCAR races. That should make weekend afternoons a lot more, uh, vibratey -- but we're not going to be happy until our couch is pummeling us during NFL games with full-speed tackles.
posted Jun 26th 2008 10:35AM
I don't see this as being useful, if anything, it would make my viewing experiance worse.
I don't know... could make watching porn a little more exciting.
But will it improve your spelling EXPERIENCE?
it's pretty useful if you can get your girlfriend to just sit down and watch some drag racing with you...
Any chance it might help your spelling?
I agree. This is just the epitome of American problems...
You could save some money by just hacking a wii controller and duct taping it to the car.
So it's like a cheap massage chair that syncs with auto racing?
The ButtKicker. When watching people drive in circles really fast just isn't enough, now you, the home viewer, can FEEL people driving in circles really fast!
Shows how much you know. NHRA don't use NASCAR tracks. They go in straight lines.....
@kjb434
The ButtKicker. When watching people drive in a straight line really fast just isn't enough, now you, the home viewer, can FEEL people driving in straight lines really fast!
Better?
They don't just go fast, they go _quick_...
Is this implanted directly into a rednecks butt hole?
And people wonder why people can't get along...
"Let's insult people we think are beneath us and show how much better we are!"
I much rather hang out with someone who likes to watch racing and have a good time than to sick back and just insult someone cause they are different....
so that's a yes?
Did anyone else read this as 'butt-shaving'?
Ummm....no?
Er, Aura has made Bass Shakers forever. I have a set mounted to the computer chair I'm sitting in. WTH?
that antenna looks umm... dangerous
Does the ButtKicker throw you off the couch when the driver wrecks?
Eventually it will emit noxious fumes, smoke, and attempt to light your chair on fire (in case of a particularly bad accident)
It will never work. The Buttkicker amps will be louder than the top fuel dragsters!
Save yourself the subscription fee and just pickup a really big home audio sub woofer and speakers. Same effect and it works with everything, no need for special subscriptions for certain motor sport events. Plus you can share the experience with your neighbors at no additional cost.
I think the mount on this looks uncomfortably too long.
How does this thing shake butts? I assume this is the transmitter not the receiver, otherwise it might require some vaseline and a lot of patience to install it.
They already have a device like this called a d-box motion chair
This is the stupidest most gimmick-ey worthless product I have ever seen in my entire life. It's no wonder they see success in selling it to equally stupid nascar fans. (although there is probably an even shittier knockoff version at wal-mart that they will buy)
Vibrating seats to increase immersion. Give me a break. I remember the first time I saw these in Best Buy, they soon disappeared and I thought they where gone for good, unfortunately not - There are still idiots to take advantage of! The best part is how much this crap costs, suckers.
Again with the NASCAR fan insults. If you don't like the product, don't buy it. Why do you have to make sweeping generalizations about a group of people who enjoy a form of auto racing. I work in IT, was born in Ohio, and I like NASCAR. Am I a redneck?
You should post an apology.
But Bonzo, don't you feel sorry for those so ignorant they can't tell NHRA from NASCAR?
More like butt licker if you ask me.
I have the butt kicker gamer. I got it for $65 and I really like it for gaming. Its alright for movies. I think I just need to tune it some more because it keeps coming on when there is no action or deep base.
The amp is not that loud. I mean my 360 drowns out the amp noise pretty well.
"I like NASCAR. Am I a redneck?"
So that's a rhetorical question, right?