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Marcus Yam (Blog) - October 16, 2006 2:40 PM

18 comment(s) - last by EmporerEJ.. on Oct 18 at 1:36 PM

Click to enlarge - Image courtesy Daily Mail

At least it'll work great as a astronaut costume for Halloween

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.

We've been wondering for months what this contraption looks like, and today our questions are (somewhat) answered by a photo from the Daily Mail.

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o__O????

By Radeon117X on 10/16/2006 9:22:51 PM , Rating: 3

Um....WTF IS THAT?! That's by far the weirdest thing ive ever seen. I love the idea and all, but did they have to make it look that bulky and weird? Say hello to osteoperosis with that amount of weight on your neck and back...

RE: o__O????

By BudgetGamer2006 on 10/16/2006 9:43:56 PM , Rating: 3

OMG, it's Darth Helmut!!!

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RE: o__O????

By shamgar03 on 10/17/2006 8:20:32 AM , Rating: 2

Its true!

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RE: o__O????

By rushfan2006 on 10/17/2006 11:54:24 AM , Rating: 2

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OMG, it's Darth Helmut!!!

LMFAOOOOOOo I swear to you that was my first thought when I saw that photo...lol....

<breathing....>

Damn that's hilarious.....sorry trying to compose a rationale mature comment for this device but I just can't stop smirking everytime I see it..

lol

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By captchaos2 on 10/17/2006 8:34:21 AM , Rating: 2

I can't decide if she looks more like a spaceball, or like a dark version of that big-headed robot from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe".
"I could make the jump to ludicrous speed or use the improbability drive, but I'm too depressed."

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brings new meaning to ...

By ksherman on 10/16/2006 9:43:53 PM , Rating: 2

Rolling on the floor laughing.

yeah, wow...

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By Schadenfroh on 10/16/2006 9:56:56 PM , Rating: 2

Was this thing made by Faud over at TheInquirer?

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By isaacmacdonald on 10/16/2006 9:59:42 PM , Rating: 2

yes. that looks like some kind of instrument for capital punishment. scary.

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hahaha

By SakuraChan on 10/16/2006 9:57:37 PM , Rating: 2

Sounds like Head Doom Projector :Dhahah,
that little girl really look funny

omg!

By GhandiInstinct on 10/16/2006 10:44:51 PM , Rating: 2

BioShock is not just a game!

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By konekobot on 10/17/2006 4:34:29 AM , Rating: 2

That poor little girl...

OMG, that's a full grown WOMAN!

*ouch

ridiculous

By Visual on 10/17/2006 5:16:20 AM , Rating: 2

Absolutely ridiculous!
And why is there a normal screen infront her?
Hmm, whoever invented this deserves being thrown off a bridge with it on his head.