Ultimate gaming experience or pain in the neck?

by Vladimir Cole { Oct 16th 2006 at 11:20AM }

We doubt this is a legit product, though The Daily Mail claims the abomination comes from Toshiba and allows "the wearer to experience a full 360-degree view on a 40 centimetre dome-shaped screen."

Bollocks!

Funny, regardless of authenticity, however.

[Thanks, jayntampa]

Tags: ridiculous, virtual reality, vr

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

C. Grant @ Oct 16th 2006 11:12AM

Why is she playing in front of a (rather nice looking) screen if she's wearing that thing?

vc @ Oct 16th 2006 11:15AM

Oh, that and many more questions.

How does she breathe?

Won't it fog up inside?

Why use a TINY model that only accentuates the size of the beastly thing?

I'm pretty sure it's fake.

But it's still funny.

SecondChance @ Oct 16th 2006 11:28AM

Newflash: After reports from IGN that labeled the PS3 controller the "worst next-gen controller" surfaced on the Internets, Sony was forced to go back to the drawing board yet again..."

Branewalker @ Oct 16th 2006 11:28AM

Looks like Canti from FLCL.

--Branewalker

dsub @ Oct 16th 2006 11:30AM

holy crap where did she get that Bioshock Halloween costume?

Jojo @ Oct 16th 2006 11:31AM

I think the ultimate 'next-gen' will be when they nail down virtual reality. I know its been tried in the past and usually provide more headaches then great gaming experience, but you can only go so far with immersiveness when you are looking at a flat screen. I want to look around a country-side, Oblivion's for example. I want to feel like I'm in the world, not just watching it on a screen.

@ Oct 16th 2006 11:33AM

That looks photoshopped ... the reflection of the screen on the dome doesnt match whats on the screen (there are two slanted lines on the reflection, but, none on the screen).

HOVA uk @ Oct 16th 2006 11:33AM

Nice add of englsh swearing lol..

First Wii, then this whats next, a flinstone racing game which requires you to run on a exercise bike?

mmm...

BlindsideDork @ Oct 16th 2006 11:34AM

Jojo...just wait for Nintendo to do it in probalby 10 years ;)

KVN @ Oct 16th 2006 11:35AM

Nintendo on FTW.

gameclu @ Oct 16th 2006 11:39AM

That helmut combined with the wii-mote would make one hell of a Darth Vader simulator.

gameclu @ Oct 16th 2006 11:41AM

doh! I can spell helmet, I sware.

Franky Digital @ Oct 16th 2006 11:42AM

Great picture. They've had the technology to do HUD-helmets for a long time now, and it's just not a fun experience. What with the suffocation and all.

crono141 @ Oct 16th 2006 11:46AM

If wii is successful, I can see VR coming from nintendo in 2 or 3 generations. And it will be GOOD VR, not that crappy VirtualBoy stuff.

VirtualBoy: 30 years ahead of its time.

Mabui @ Oct 16th 2006 11:48AM

Toshiba: Hrm..what to do.. hrmm.. *peers at an old CRT television* Wouldn't it be cool if.. we inverted that television..so the picture was on the inside and you wore it on your head!?

Customer:.. that television actually looks kinda heavy..um, won't that be uncomfortable and hard to breath?

Toshiba: Your points seem valid.. but I want to wear a whole television on my head! Lets do it!

Garcian_Smith @ Oct 16th 2006 11:54AM

Ah, the Daily Mail - easily the worst Newspaper the world has ever seen.

Do you know they once ran a front-page headline about the evils of gaming and called UT2004 a 'murder simulator'? Of course overlooking the fact that you shoot weapons that don't exist, in areas that don't exist at enemies that - yep, you guessed it - don't exist.

Sneak @ Oct 16th 2006 11:54AM

Virtual boy on steroids is what it looks like.

nitefire @ Oct 16th 2006 12:00PM

Only one person dare give me the rasberry........Lone Starr!!!!!

Agent MOO @ Oct 16th 2006 12:19PM

Are you serial?

Darien @ Oct 16th 2006 12:23PM

No sir. I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!!

Thumper @ Oct 16th 2006 12:30PM

That looks like the back of an old SDTV coupled with one of those dark camera hiding thingies you see in the ceiling at walmart.

Wow, I could make one of these!

inferno10 @ Oct 16th 2006 12:45PM

It's Spaceballs all over again!

Onomah @ Oct 16th 2006 12:46PM

Holy hell! That would surly snap one's neck like a dry twig! There is just so much wrong with this setup...

diskoboy @ Oct 16th 2006 12:52PM

Toshiba presents - the new head toilet!

Mikey @ Oct 16th 2006 1:13PM

24 comments and no Videodrome jokes? And you call yourself geeks.

Trylks @ Oct 16th 2006 1:29PM

"the wearer to experience a full 360-degree view on a 40 centimetre dome-shaped screen."

Of course! She is inside the TV!!

jygsaw @ Oct 16th 2006 1:34PM

This reminds me of Dark Helmet.

Ah, Spaceballs...

Jason B @ Oct 16th 2006 1:44PM

Her schwartz is as big as mine...

Mike @ Oct 16th 2006 1:45PM

it's spelled bullocks, not bollocks. If you're gonna pretend to be british, do it right.

mupwangle @ Oct 16th 2006 1:52PM

Eh? Bullocks are young bulls. Bollocks is the correct spelling.

If you're going to mistakenly correct someone who is correct in the first place then I wouldn't bother.

ZAN @ Oct 16th 2006 1:57PM

I bet she gives great helmet

Mike @ Oct 16th 2006 2:09PM

heh, my bad, after looking it up I see you're right, I'm wrong.... bollocks it is.

Cottonball @ Oct 16th 2006 3:01PM

I'd hit it. And she can keep on the helmet.

greendude @ Oct 16th 2006 3:11PM

"Eat it Fred Savage!"

Mitsuo @ Oct 16th 2006 3:59PM

Unbeknowngst(sp) to the readers...that figure inside the TV thingy is actualy...MICHEAL JACKSON! DUM DUM DUMMMMMM

flood254 @ Oct 16th 2006 5:29PM

Dark Helmet: I bet she gives great helmet.

Devwar @ Oct 16th 2006 5:34PM

You can clearly see the cockpit from the flight sim in the monitor being reflected off the Giant Helmet, but its not actually on the monitor we see.

I want to know where I can find THAT technology, forget this helmet.

Michael @ Oct 16th 2006 5:55PM

The design is a bit surprising. It looks to be at the polished prototype stage (or there would be cables sticking out everywhere). If so, I'm very surprised they would have made it so tall. The height accentuates tension on the head - along the lines of balancing a short pole is much easier than balancing a long. Or balancing a CRT monitor on your head. It could be mostly empty/lightweight though, but hey..