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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You can probably hire them at the range.

But a VR gun app may satisfy you. You get the skills without the danger, noise and cost (ignoring headsets cost).

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sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
… a very, very small subset of the skills, if any.

Is there a VR gun app that simulates guns having… weight?

How About how to handle misfires, squibs or jams? Does it go over safety precautions, proper storage, handing, transit and relevant local laws?

Oh how about recoil management and shooting stances and shouldering? All the intricacies of reloading different kinds of weapons? Trigger pull and break?

If you got your gun training from VR, you’d still probably want to take a firearms familiarization course IRL before actually using a gun, as all that VR can really offer is the general concept of aiming.

Also, depending on your VR headset of choice, you could probably actually buy a decent pistol, rifle or shotgun and a day at the range’s worth of ammo for the same cost.

Honestly, a pellet or bb gun would be a far better way to learn a lot more applicable basics of shooting for cheaper than a vr headset.

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- Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It depends what the goal is.
  
  You are correct that VR is not going to mimic reality.
  
  But it does a good job of aiming and shooting with zero safety issues.
  
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  - sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Shooting a gun in VR is nothing like shooting a gun in real life, and if you ‘train’ in VR and then actually try to shoot a gun IRL you will realize this basically immediately.
    
    I am trying to imagine someone with ‘VR Training’ going to a gun range and it looks like the vids of people waving loaded guns around on range and sweeping people with a loaded mag, shooting a gun and having it fly out of their hands or into their faces because they have no idea how stances and recoil work.
    
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    Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Shooting a gun in VR is nothing like shooting a gun in real life
    
    That may be exactly the point, to avoid shooting a gun in real life.
    
    people waving loaded guns around on range and sweeping people with a loaded mag
    
    Exactly. Do this in VR and there is no danger, just skill and fun.
    
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