02-12-2003, 05:53 AM
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Inventor Throws Curve at Screens
Hmm, this is too scary for me to imagine. 8)
"Imagine if your computer screen curved around your head, immersing you in information, images and sounds.
Taking a cue from the film industry, Gary Starkweather had a hunch that enlarging and bending the screen would make computers much more natural to use.
"I'd never seen moviegoers get really thrilled on small screens," he said. "It becomes a much more compelling experience at an IMAX theatre. I thought 'What if we had a computer display that looked more like a Cinerama?'"
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02-12-2003, 06:23 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Imagine playing Unreal on one of those. 
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02-12-2003, 07:38 AM
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I'd imagine it'd take getting used to. I tend to get seasick at Imax movies.  ukeface:
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02-12-2003, 07:56 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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This would be freakin' awesome! I currently have a 24" 16x10 aspect ratio CRT monitor, with a spare 19" CRT beside it, so my effective desktop resolution is 3200x1600, and you know what? You can NEVER have too much screen area, only too large a monitor footprint. I'm all for this baby - can't wait to see what comes down the MS R&D pipeline...
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02-12-2003, 09:20 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Um, I don't think I would want to have to remove my screen from my head to pay attention to someone else in the room :?
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02-12-2003, 12:49 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2004
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It would be nice to have some sort of technology like this, where the "screen" around your head is see-through (maybe like a plexiglass material? i dunno), so that you could pay attention to your surroundings at the same time.
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02-12-2003, 03:28 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2003
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""Imagine if your computer screen curved around your head, immersing you in information, images and sounds"
Sounds like a nightmare !
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02-12-2003, 03:55 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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A rounded screen would be nice but a big one not one around my head.
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02-12-2003, 04:00 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Just for fun.
Imagine if your headphones could be worn as an all over "Wall Of Sound" accoustic suit !
Just an idea ;0)
Dom
PS All for progress. We'll all be wearing them to the gym in a few years...
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02-12-2003, 05:57 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 360
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I can just see MS getting ahold of this.
Announcing the Microsoft Force Feedback Monitor!
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