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axxxr Posts: > 500

Toshiba plans to sell a GIANT BUBBLE HELMET that provides a 360-degree view of TV and video games.

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Posted: 2006-10-17 06:13:10
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EastCoastStar Posts: > 500

looking at just the helmet, it looks like im back in the 80s/early 90s! haha
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Posted: 2006-10-17 06:24:14
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Davo_169 Posts: > 500

looks pretty heavy
also it looks like the costume for the backup dancers from a kylie video clip
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Posted: 2006-10-17 07:15:22
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QuickShare Posts: > 500

oh please.. not the whole head!

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Posted: 2006-10-17 15:25:13
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Krubach Posts: > 500

Looks like somebody fell and stick his head on a CRT TV set...

Looks like the neck will suffer too.

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Posted: 2006-10-17 15:48:35
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axxxr Posts: > 500

yeh..it does indeed look like a CRT landed on her head!

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Posted: 2006-10-18 03:07:36
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axxxr Posts: > 500

Inside the headgear from the Japanese electronics maker, a 40-centimeter (16-inch) screen can show a vista that is synched with the wearer's head movements, giving the illusion of actually being there.

The 3 kilogram (6 pound) helmet—squared off in the back and rounded, bubble-like, in the front—has infrared sensors at the top that detect which way the wearer's head is moving, said company spokeswoman Kaori Hiraki.

The projector in the back of the helmet shows images corresponding to the head movements on the screen inside the helmet, giving the wearer an illusion of immediacy and realness, according to Tokyo-based Toshiba.

If the night city landscape is being shown, and the person turns to the left, the image will also swivel in time to show what would be seen toward the left.

Toshiba has no plans yet to turn the technology into a commercial product. But it believes it will come in handy for computer games or enhancing the impact of movies. There is no price estimate for the gadget.

“I tried wearing it watching video of outer space,” Hiraki said. “I felt like I was flying. It felt so real.”

Part of the effect comes from how the helmet shuts out the real world, she said.Although the headgear looks bulky, it is smaller than older versions of the technology that uses sensors to detect head moves, Toshiba said.

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Posted: 2006-10-30 20:30:15
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