• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    3 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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      3 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.