Inventor Throws Curve at Screens

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/10/1044725717717.html' target='_blank'>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003...4725717717.html</a><br /><br /></div>Hmm, this is too scary for me to imagine. 8)<br /><br />"Imagine if your computer screen curved around your head, immersing you in information, images and sounds.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />"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?'"

[dean_shan]

Imagine playing Unreal on one of those. :)

[ctmagnus]

I'd imagine it'd take getting used to. I tend to get seasick at Imax movies. :pukeface:

[bblock]

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...

[sswany]

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 :?

[mscdex]

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.

[Dom]

""Imagine if your computer screen curved around your head, immersing you in information, images and sounds"

Sounds like a nightmare !

[JMountford]

A rounded screen would be nice but a big one not one around my head.

[Dom]

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...

[JMountford]

I can just see MS getting ahold of this.

Announcing the Microsoft Force Feedback Monitor!

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Announcing the Microsoft Force Feedback Monitor!
LOL!! ...and everytime you visit the Palm or Sony website, it reaches out and smacks you upside the head!! :D

[Dom]

Ha ha LOL. Or else a nice rumble pack high voltage type reminder "downstairs" LOL
Dom

[JMountford]

Microsoft's Force Feedback Monitor
It has an integrated THX certified 500 Watt Stereo system integrated.
The wrap around 60 inch emurces you in a true gaming "Environment".
With the built in rumble features and THX Certified sound every expolsion will shake you to the core. When you turn around there is no where to run. Watch out or some one will sneak up from behind!



Fineprint.
This product can cause massive eplileptic seizures as well as prolonged hearing loss and vision reduction.

Not to mention the fact that you will have no social life.

[Dom]

Brave new world here we go. Anybody invented an escape pod yet ?