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Racing simulators are [ten](http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/30/thrustmasters-ferrari-f1-wheel-add-on-takes-you-from-zero-to-he/) [a](http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/force-dynamics-301-driving-simulator-takes-on-super-mario-kart/) [penny](http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/20/home-pro-racing-simulator-decks-out-your-living-room-for-4-000/), but the closest an FPS player will get to an immersive experience is buying some [branded peripherals](http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/logitech-release-mw3-gaming-mouse-and-keyboard-for-people-who-c/). Armed with a pre-release level of *Battlefield 3*, *The Gadget Show* enlisted a team of design experts to transform a Birmingham studio into an FPS simulator costing £500,000 ($650,000). A four by nine meter video dome surrounds the player as they stand on an omni-directional treadmill that lets you walk wherever you want to go. Ten infra-red motion tracking cameras and a sensor on your gun enables the picture to follow where you point it and a [Kinect](http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/04/kinect-for-xbox-360-review/) hack controls your jumping and crouching. The fun doesn't stop there -- 12 paintball markers mean that every time you get shot in the game, you'll feel it. The show airs in the UK on October 24th at 8:00pm, Channel 5. We've got a behind the scenes gallery below (supplied by those lovely people from the show) as well as PR and a trailer after the break.
**Gallery: [The Gadget Show Battlefield 3 Simulator - Behind the Scenes Gallery](http://www.engadget.com/photos/the-gadget-show-battlefield-3-simulator-behind-the-scenes-gallery/)**
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