what do YOU think the next technology is?

[FreakBaller12]

So you guys, i am just curious what is next.
FOR paintball in general, for AGD, for tournys.
Let's not go into capping bps for this thread.
Truthfully i think PSI is the next improvement, smaller working pressure, smaller tank, lighter gun, tighter set up.
Hoppers are as high as they should be, guns are shooting fast enough.

what do YOU think is next?

[Python14]

I think we'll see more advanced masks. A cool HUD would be nice.

[Brophog]

PSI is not where its at, its already come down as far as its going to.

I see possibilities in paintballs themselves. That's an area not touched too much.

Loader technology is still in its infancy. Improvements can be made there.

I see more gadgetry than we have now. More "fluff" if you will on the markers, tanks, and loaders.

If you extend the clothing idea further, a type of "body armor" may be in the future.

[Tyger]

**puts on a layer of asbesos, a layer of flame retardant gel, and a reflective heat suit**

Scenario games and big games. With Shatner backing SPPLAT attack, and many other celebs getting into the rec side of things, scenarios and big games can grow with star power alone.

Look at the customer base. Scenario / Big games are an "all day" fun. You play all you want, the whole day. You can play as many times as you want in 12-24 hours. Tournaments, from a for fun aspect, 8 games, that's all. Ok, it's diffrent, but think about the cash inflow of hte "Casual consumer". More people will go where they can get the most for their money.

And if Shatnerball is in Chicago this year again, you'll see it in action with Mancow pumping hte people to play.

Put if you want tech, I've been waiting for a HUD for years. I think radios will be integrated in more than the goggles for big gamers. I think another hopper will come out with an evern weirder feed system. And I think that goggles will be made even smaller, tigher to the face, and more impossible to wear for people with big heads.

-Tyger

[cphilip]

Lazer Tag!!!! Whoooopie!!!!!

[punkncat]

Even supposing that I DID know the next big thing...the last place I would tell everyone is on a public forum.
Great way to give someone else credit for your own idea.

Really I wish that I did know what direction paintball was going.I hate to see this disturbing trend towards the new flavor of the month super fast markers.I would like to see something done to improve accuracy and reduce ball breaks.I mean hey , once those eyes can't see because of a break , or you get some paint that doesn't read well , and you have a super expensive way to sample paint fill close up.

[skife]

i'm thinking the next step in paintball is Television and better ways to promote the game

[NoFearPaintballer]

for all the scenario gamers out there... better grenades

[the_next_guy_]

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86732&highlight=Feasible+Paintball+Advancements

anyway, this was my reply to that thread:
I also think that the next big advancement will be the format of the game. I would like to see paintball become more of a classic sport than an extreme one. I think improvements could be made to make it more spectator friendly. I would love to see my children play highschool paintball.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

I think it is some what going to effiecny. Many manufacturers want the abilty to "claim" that you can get 1500 shots out of a 68/4500. Although this isnt a large "popular" thing hapening, it is happening with out most of us knowing. And I hope AGD will come out a kit or something to increase efficency. Its all about the efficency, well sometimes it is. Also, many more things for scenario/big games. And people want simpler guns, the Mag for instance, and one that can stand the test of time, unlike a matrix, like a mag. People mostly want things to get smaller, faster, easier to fix, harder to break and anything that will help them have more fun.

[AGD]

Well if everyone were to suddenly give up their preconcieved notions of what is good and bad about a paintgun then this is what we could do NOW.

Run guns at much HIGHER pressures so you could make all the internal components smaller and more compact. This would lead to overall smaller guns with better efficiency.

Better efficiency means smaller tanks making the guns lighter and smaller overall.

Built in crono's that maintain your velocity at exactly what you set it to even when your tank starts running below your working pressure. This would mean that even though you we shooting a "high pressure" marker you would use it to the bottom of the tank. In order to do this you would have to have a fixed barrel but since everyone has to waist money on replacable barrels this thinking would have to change.

Trigger systems that would accomodate ALL of your fingers for "4 finger walking" pushing the fire power into the 30 BPS range.

Pre-load bolt systems that chamber the next round while you are firing the first elliminating ball feed lag.

Pressure feeding loaders that feed balls from anywhere into your flamethrower. OOPS we already have that, Warp Feeds....

Electronically timed millisecond on/off valves that would completely eliminate regulators. Lets see, we can take off the tank reg, then the vert reg and oh yea the LPR too. You would have to be ready to put all those manufacturers out of business.

Very high speed two shot bursts where the 2nd ball would draft close behind the first ball for greater accuracy. The first ball would disrupt the air column and leave behind a turbulent wake. The turbulence would disrupt the laminar flow that leads to vortex shedding on the 2nd ball. Disrupt the vortex and improve the accuracy.

No real gun with any state of the art firepower shoots from a clip. Clips are so 1900's. Real guns in all the worlds militaries use a belt feed from a huge magazine. We still love our cute little pods and hoppers and fashion matched pod belts so we look good when we are posing on the field. Maybe someday we will get with the program and use a backpack that could shoot a case of paint non stop. Oh yea, we have that right now too but no one wants it.

And last but not lease an electronically timed, high pressure marker without regulators could plug into a laptop, test itself and tell you exactly what's wrong with it.

This is just one possible reality, most likely not to be part of any of your futures. Have fun with your pods.

AGD

[f3rr3+]

the extra little stuff... i think all the basics are pretty much worked out... i really do hope im wrong tho

[Koosh]

They make concept cars in the auto industry... Why doesnt AGD try out a "concept gun"?

Of course there are millions upon billions of dollars at Ford, GM, and Daimler Chrysler's fingertips... if only it were at AGD's...

[Miscue]

Is there a commercially available backpack loader? I would LOVE to have one. Or, are there instructions on how to build one somewhere?

[NoFearPaintballer]

Originally posted by AGD

Trigger systems that would accomodate ALL of your fingers for "4 finger walking" pushing the fire power into the 30 BPS range.

Mr. kaye you can make alot of $$$ of that idea

no we need Xray vision goggs