How do Chihiro gun games work?

[streetfighterken]

Are they light guns requiring a special monitor or will an LCD work?

 

[rewrite]

They work the same as previous Sega hardware. They use the IR EMITTERS around the bezel of the monitor for tracking. You can use an LCD no problem.

 

[nem]

They use the IR sensors around the bezel of the monitor for tracking.

In before @twistedsymphony

 

[twistedsymphony]

c'mon rewrite you should know better than that

 

[obcd]

I also was under the impression that it are ir transmitters surrounding the screen.
The gun contains a very expensive sensor that goes to the gun board.
That board converts the sensor signal into 2 analog signals representing the gun x and y position on the screen.
Those analog signals go to the jvs board.
The gun sensor doesn't look like an ir transmitter at all.
I can check our hotd screen with my cellphone camera to see if any ir comes out of them.

 

[twistedsymphony]

I also was under the impression that it are ir transmitters surrounding the screen.
The gun contains a very expensive sensor that goes to the gun board.
That board converts the sensor signal into 2 analog signals representing the gun x and y position on the screen.
Those analog signals go to the jvs board.

this is 100% correct.

@nem is poking fun at me because every time Sega IR guns come up people mistakenly call the LED emitters around the screen "Sensors" and I yell at them for it

For anyone that's looking for more in-depth technical information you can find my thread here: Shooting Gallery: Sega Type-II IR on a 108" front projection setup.

 

[obcd]

I see. Sorry for missing the joke. Didn't knew it was the original post that was corrected...