So, if those two things match, we send a trigger. "Or sky, if you're dropping in, has that sort of whistling sound. "An explosion has a specific sort of booming bass sound to it," Whirlwind FX head of software Matt Gilg told Engadget. But, it'll only do so if the audio cues tell a similar story. If there are cool tones, like blue or white, Vortx is primed to blow room-temperature air. Vortx divides the screen into quadrants and tracks the colors in each region if there are a lot of warm colors, like orange or red, the machine prepares to expel hotter air (up to 99 degrees Fahrenheit). The software uses these dual veins of information to output warm or cool air at the proper times. Vortx comes from California-based company Whirlwind FX and it runs on the EX algorithm, which relies on just two inputs: audio and visual. Vortx lives up to this description - in fact, it works a little too well.īefore diving into how it performs, let's break down how Vortx actually works. The most impressive promise behind Vortx is that it'll work with every game, every YouTube video and any piece of media, as long as it includes both audio and visual action. It's a unique immersion device built for an era when game developers are pushing at the edges of escapism from every angle, with every human sense. Vortx responds to whatever is happening on the screen, blowing warm air in reaction to explosions, gun blasts or flames, and room-temperature air in the case of skydiving on a clear day or snowboarding down a snowy mountain. However, things get much more interesting on a software level. On the surface, it's a $120 desktop fan - a bulky black box with a hole in the front that blows air at people's faces as they play PC games or watch YouTube videos.
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