Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-33264789-20171105161359/@comment-27306930-20171105224832

It was a great idea, at the onset. But I think the cost of RFID technology was probably prohibitive. Not the RFID tags in the darts, but the sensors. RFID has an incredibly short range - just inches. You'd have to be covered in sensors to make it effective. Heavy expensive sensors that have to be powered and linked together so that they can feed data to the smart phone. Plus, the player needs a smart phone - something not as common in 2014 especially with younger Nerfers.

But the achilles' heel was definitely the RFID sensors. Darts are small, which means the inductance loop in the dart is going to be small, which means the power output is small. The darts are fast, which means the power-up time for the RFID tags needs to be quick, which means the sensors have to supply a lot of power. You need a lot of sensors to detect a hit. A lot of sensors are going to need a boatload of power. Then you need to power the bluetooth. See where I'm going ?

Bottom line, it's a cool idea that isn't practical. If you're interested in the next generation, take a look at the Recoil.