Painstation 2.0
Starting in 2002, the successor of the original Painstation was developed, the Painstation 2.0.
Apart from adjustable pain levels, it offers several replaceable whips and an additional source of light which players can use to produce glare on their opponent's side of the screen. The program was reprogrammed under Windows and the application was implemented in C++ and OpenGL, because the hardware the previous version had been based on became obsolete. The PEUs were fabricated for the first time with lasers from stainless steel. The higher processor performance makes it possible for the system to control the speed of the whip engine and the strength of the electrical current individually.
The system was also for the first time made coin-operated. It is equipped with a 15 inch LCD monitor and it was shown to the public on June 25, 2003 on the German Harald Schmidt television show.
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