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HipShot Dot helps you aim better in shooter games (video)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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LAS VEGAS — HipShot Dot might improve your shooting in Call of Duty or Battlefield games and raise the level of respect that your fellow 12-year-old players have for shooting abilities.

The HipShot Dot from AirDrop Gaming gives you get a precise idea of where you are aiming when you are shooting from the hip in a first-person shooter game.The company showed off the product at the 2014 International CES (and it was part of our 2013 “Naughty and Nice” Alternative Holiday Gift Guide.)

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.