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The Ultimate Monitor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

biscuit nipple sent us linkage to an amazing monitor: essentially, it's 3 integrated flat panels for a gigantic 3.9 megapixel wrap-around display. Probably costs as much as a convertible, but it sure looks cool.

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  1. This reminds me of DOOM by evil_one · · Score: 5

    back in the day when everyone took doom to work and installed it on the lan, the id guys gave us a cute little bonus:
    -left and -right
    this disapeared after doom 1.2, but made a re-emergence in doom legacy.
    What this did was quite simple. It provided a wraparound display! by placing monitors to the left and right of the primary display, you could turn your head to look instead of turning your character!
    It was essentially multihead for dos...
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  2. Re:FOV by skoda · · Score: 3

    Your phrasing suggests that our FOV is >180, but it is more like ~120 (that's full angle, not half-angle :)

    The simplest way to ballpark it is to look straight ahead, with both arms extended, index fingers extended, pointing up.

    Slowly rotate arms backward, while looking forward. When you no longer see your fingers in your peripheral vision you've found the extent of your FOV.

    Of course, this is not perfect because: 1) it's hard to keep your eyes looking straight ahead 2) since you know where your fingers are physically, I think you can fool yourself into to thinking you see them, when you're actually mentally visualizing where they are (just a hypothesis based on the past 5 min :)
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  3. A Virtual Airport by fm6 · · Score: 3
    My favorite appliation of SGI's big displays is simulated control tower that looks out over a virtual aiport. Of course, that uses rear projection, which isn't nearly as cool.

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  4. bigger and flatter by 5v9 · · Score: 3

    How come no one's making larger flat-panel monitors by arranging smaller panels in a grid? is it just that there are few people willing to pay for something like that? or are there insurmountable technical difficulties (apparently, it can be done with 3 panels in a row; why not 2x2, 3x3 etc)?

  5. I called them and it costs... by websensei · · Score: 5

    $22,750 retail in us dollars

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  6. Deja Vu by t-money · · Score: 4

    I thought I had seen this before....

    http://slashdot.org/articles/99/11/04/1148246.shtm l

  7. More Awesome Displays For UNIX Nerds by n3rd · · Score: 5

    I saw these a while ago, and have just been itching to post about them.

    If you're a UNIX geek (such as myself), checkout SGI's Reality Center Walls. Be sure to checkout the large images of the Reality Center Walls and Reality Center Room. They're awesome, but the price will make you toss your cookies.

    HP makes something similar, but I'm having trouble finding it again on their web page. Any idea what it's called guys (and gals)?

  8. You realize its first commercial use is... by FortKnox · · Score: 3

    ...pron, right? They are always the first to use technology like this. VCR, Internet, DVD... so if you buy one soon, enjoy your pron!


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