Video games get a bad rap, mostly for good reasons. But when that video game is a shooting simulator that can actually help you in your hunting endeavors, well that’s a different story entirely.
The GAIM Shooting Simulator is more than just a video game. Using a Meta headset, GAIM removes you from your current setting and immerses you into any number of hunting or sport shooting scenarios, in virtual reality.
Look to your left, look to your right. Instead of seeing the walls of your office or living room, you’ll see cattails shooting up from the lake as calls from mallards fill your ears, or you’ll see pine trees swaying in the breeze as you wait for a whitetail buck to offer you a promising shot.
Pull the trigger
And you’re not pushing buttons on a joystick to move yourself around the setting, or to look in different directions. Just move your head where you want to look, just as you would in the field.
Best of all, you’re not simply hitting some button when it’s time to shoot. No sir, you’ve got a full-sized rifle (or shotgun, or handgun), and you’re going through all the motions, taking aim, leading that duck, that sporting clay, that pheasant. You’re putting the crosshairs on that buck, that bear, that wild hog. And when those big game animals are running, you’re having to figure out the right lead on them before pulling the trigger.
And when you do pull that trigger, the system doesn’t just arbitrarily decide whether you hit your target or not. It uses realistic data, like the speed and angle of the animal, the accuracy of your lead, the velocity of your bullet, and all the factors that come into play during a real shot in order to determine whether you killed, wounded, or missed the animal.
Hunt any time
A bonus you’ll never get in your real-world hunting is an after-hunt analysis. Using all that real-time data, the system will tell you what you did right, what you did wrong, and how to improve your overall shooting experience.
This shooting simulator opens new doors for hunters in so many ways. The full-sized, handcrafted wooden rifle keeps your muscle memory sharp, even when hunting season isn’t in. And it allows you to essentially go hunting any time you want, whether it’s too hot, too cold, too stormy, or when you only have half an hour to dedicate to the hunt.
To make things even more realistic, handgun training scenarios are also available on the GAIM Shooting Simulator. A GAIM handgun is available, but for even more realism, you can use your own handgun with a GAIM-linked magazine. This makes it even less like a game and more like the real thing.
Having a tough day at work? Clock out for lunch and take an hour-long hunting trip. Weather too tough to get in the stand? Hit the duck blind anyway, from your own recliner. Too dark to hunt when you get off work? It’s not a problem with this simulator.
With the GAIM Shooting Simulator, you’re not just playing a video game, you’re training for your next hunting adventure while gaining feedback that will make you a better shooter, a better hunter, and an all-around better sportsman. Give it a shot at https://www.gaim.com.
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