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  • 21-01-2011 2:55pm
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    Tallon
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    This thing is fúcking unreal.. so simple and so much awesome!!!


    Can you imagine this thing coupled with the move or Kinect?


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNsFSVhZi9w


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    PogMoThoin
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    Video is 18 mths old, how come we never heard of it since?


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    Tallon
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    I don't know, the video pre-dates the kinect and move so it's no wonder they weren't showcased in the video

    I'll email the designer and see whats the story


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    longhalloween
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    Only 25 units made??

    Looking at it tho, I dont think it would be too difficult to make something similar.
    At this time (2005) I frequented the local OmnImax-theater, Cosmonova, and I thought - it´s like being here - in the world - which was currently shown. How about if I tried this at home with a smaller domed screen in front of my projector on a game? I also knew I could enlarge the Field of View in most games in order to show more of the world of the game.

    But would it work, without any special lenses or in-game calculations to correct the perspective? Only way to find out was to build some sort of proof-of-concept prototype. So I made a simple wire-frame and scotch-taped numerus badly cut letter-sized papers onto it. I fired up Doom 3 with my projector and was suddenly inside...

    Bit of sellotape and some cheap paper should do the trick


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    Tallon
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    Yeah, at €2500 a pop :eek:

    I'm deffo gonna make one when I go down home, I have all the materiels there :)


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    longhalloween
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭longhalloween


    Tallon wrote: »
    Yeah, at €2500 a pop :eek:

    I'm deffo gonna make one when I go down home, I have all the materiels there :)

    If I was only making 25 of the coolest home IMAX projector screens, Id be charging that as well :D

    Might have a crack at it tomorrow, ill let you know how i get on.


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    CORaven
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    I am skeptical. You do not see to gain anything from it as you are only seeing what the game displays as a rectangle stretched/warped into a sphere.
    It also seems to have many flaws. The fact that it requires a large space and a projector is a big one. And the fact that multiple users cannot use it at the same time, in the way that a tv can for split screen.

    Sorry, but I will pass.


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