Now, here’s a way to combine airsoft gaming and FPS video gaming into one. With the launch of the Rail Gun FPS gaming control system on Kickstarter, and if it does indeed raise its funding goals, then you can use your airsoft gun as a game controller. Would that be fun as hell especially if the weather outside is not cooperating and you have an itchy trigger finger that you want to shoot all the bad guys with it in a video game.

The Rail Gun is developed by a team in South Korea and are now putting up the business in the USA and thus, the Kickstarter fund raising effort to ensure that it gets the funding it requires.  It is a conversion kit that allows you to convert your airsoft gun, especially an AEG, into a game controller. Perhaps it’s name gets it from the rail system of contemporary rifles, as you will need a rail system to mount kit.

With its patented FR (Fast Rotation) technology, the player can turn 180 to 360 degrees intuitively by looking left or right quickly without the need of a game controller turning on its side or pressing a button. It will track the direction of your vision by the way you are pointing your airsoft gun at the screen

The Rail Gun is the first gun controller that you equip onto an Air Soft Gun, giving you a truly realistic and immersive experience for FPS Games. With patented FR™ (Fast Rotation) Technology, you can turn 180 or 360 degrees intuitively by looking quickly left or right. No awkward motions such as turning the controller on its side or pressing a button to turn-around.

Consisting of a Main Unit, Jog Unit, Weapon Unit, Trigger Unit and USB RF Unit, the Rail Gun connects to your PC or game console (Xbox or  Playstation) wireless and thus you won’t be tethered to the game unit.  You can use a big screen TV or projector screen or even the Oculus VR headgear for a more immersive game play.

Each of the units of the Rail Gun has buttons that are configurable for certain game play actions such as weapon control, movement, and melee. If you’re a PC gamer, this is something that you can get used to, just like configuring the keyboard to how you want to play an FPS video game.

As for your airsoft gun, using an AEG that has blowback and recoil feature will make it even more immersive. AEGs are recommended than gas blowbacks as you won’t need a magazine to enable the blowback and recoil with an AEG, just the batteries.

If you like the product, then you might just to help support achieve its funding goals on Kickstarter where it has a target of US$100,000 with just three weeks to go. The product can be shipped to any place around the world and perhaps if you are interested in being a reseller, then it’s best to contact them for possibilities of having it on your shelves for airsoft players to buy.