John Paul M. Joaquin Culture 03.29.2023 02:Mar AM EDT

5 Gadgets in Video Games We Wish Were Real

Just like movies, video games come up with gadgets that are so awesome or useful that people wish they could have something like them in real life.

Here are some of those gadgets that people would love to have on their person, thanks to their practicality or just for the fun they offer.

The Animus

Imagine being able to watch events that happened centuries or millennia in the past through your ancestor's eyes and learn exactly what happened for real with a machine you can plug yourself into.

This machine, known in the Assassin's Creed as the Animus, is a virtual reality machine that can access a person's genetic memory to project their ancestor's memories on-screen in the past.

While it previously was big enough to require the viewer to either sit or lie down, the machine became portable enough to bring it around places like a VR gaming console as the series progressed.

ARI Glasses

While augmented reality is nothing new these days, back in 2010, it was still a fleeting dream to have a pair of glasses do and display things normally appearing in Darth Vader's helmet. However, AR technology has yet to reach the level of advancement to make this gadget real.

Heavy Rain's augmented reality interface (ARI) glasses function similarly to Batman's detective mode in the Arkham series, though more realistic. It can highlight objects of interest like footprints, pheromones, and even fingerprints after using a specialized glove to scan the wearer's surroundings with a simple gesture.

Wearers of this device could even play various games, though they might look weird to people familiar with AR tech.

First Aid Spray

The protagonists in the Resident Evil video game series are no strangers to every kind of injury, especially Ethan Winters. With all the zombie bites, lacerations, and sucker punches they endure as playable characters, it's no wonder they became as strong as them in their later years (though they never got hit unless the plot says so).

To combat the many injuries the protagonists will incur, Capcom added a nifty gadget called a first aid spray to completely heal them back to full health; severe injuries are automatically healed with just a full canister, making them a life-saver in emergencies when more advanced medical aid is nonexistent.

Gravity Gun

The Force in the "Star Wars" universe is a more mystical form of telepathy; it's an energy field by all living beings that surround and penetrates them, binding the galaxy together, in a way.

However, humanity is not Force-sensitive, and midichlorians do not exist in the real world. Thanks to (fictional) technology, we may not need the force at all.

The Half-life series' gravity gun is one way to move objects "telepathically." It can pull objects toward the user for them to take or turn them into bullet-like projectiles. Moving heavy boxes won't require any physical effort at all, though it has to be downsized to make it capable of moving small objects without destroying them.

Shieldwing

The technology that remains in the world of the Horizon game series may be far from what we are capable of now, but their potential uses, for practicality or fun, at present in the real world cannot be understated.

Take, for example, the shieldwing, which was previously used as a robot's way of protecting itself. It allows Aloy to safely descend from great heights by gliding down to the ground, allowing her to cover vast distances without much effort.

This gadget would be really handy in gliding sports since enthusiasts simply need to jump from great heights and deploy the shieldwing to start gliding down mountains, hills, and even cliffs.

Tags Video Games video game gadgets Horizon Forbidden West Resident Evil Half-Life heavy rain assassins creed Shieldwing First aid spray gravity gun ARI Glasses animus assassin's creed