Toshiba "Head Dome Projector"

[kurohinge1]

[SIZE="4"]It looks like Toshiba have produced the next generation of virtual reality helmets by simply inserting a human into a CRT TV . . . [/SIZE]

At the Society for Information Display conference during early June, Toshiba presented a novel hyper-reality display called Head Dome Projector. The projector consisted of a compact dome-shaped screen with a radius of 40cm, a mobile projector with ultra-wide projection lens, and LED light sources.

The system exhibits a wide viewing angle of 120 degrees horizontally by 70 degrees vertically without head tracking, and 360 degrees x 360 degrees with head tracking. We assume the head tracking feature is afforded by the fact that it sits right over your head . . . more

[Charles]

[ichigo partygirl]

Is it just me or does she look like she has stepped off a space shuttle??
Can you imgaine the neck/back pain having something like that on your head for prolonged periods of time would cause?? talk about a neck kink

[Big Booger]

[Tiger Stripe]

Yeah that doesn't look uncomfortable or look threatening to neck mobility in the slightest...

[Blah Pete]

It's all fun and VR games until somebody cuts off the air supply line and you die a slow, painfull death.

[kurohinge1]

It's all fun and VR games until somebody cuts off the air supply line and you die a slow, painfull death.

And I can't wait to see someone using it on the peak-hour commuter train!

[Taro Toporific]

Hey what can I say?
I've been gone one week and missed all the fun.

Via the always informative Japundit...


One giant step for home entertainment?
The Daily Mail]
Is this the way we will all be 'enjoying' our television programmes and computer games in the future?... a model is wearing a new gadget, from electronics manufacturer Toshiba, that enables the wearer to experience a full 360-degree view on a 40 centimetre dome-shaped screen[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=410642&in_page_id=1770]....more....