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Future of Visual Gadgets Rolled Out

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-into-the-future dept.

unassimilatible writes "A television sewn into your shirt sleeve. A dashboard screen to monitor the kids in the back seat. A 3-D computer monitor sharp enough to make a hardcore gamer's heart stop - or help a surgeon start one. The gizmo-packed exhibition hall at the Society for Information Display's international symposium offers a tantalizing vision of what's to come, AP reports (with some cool pics)."

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  1. Whatever happened to... by jwcorder · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Dashboard screen to monitor kids in the back seat"....

    Whatever happened to just looking in the rear view mirror and trying to beat your kids with one arm while driving with the other...jeez...take all the fun out of it why don't ya...

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  2. Sounds Good by lachlan76 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But what would you use a tv on your jeans for?
    In any case I can't wait to get one of those 3D screens.
    One thing I would like to know is what would happen when you use the screen without the eye-tracking? Wouldn't it go out of focus or have an unnatural appearance when your head moves.
    Hopefully these obstacles will be overcome soon.

    1. Re:Sounds Good by Eccles · · Score: 5, Funny

      But what would you use a tv on your jeans for?

      Flashers might use one when it's really cold...

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  3. 50-odd years of sci-fi explained by t_allardyce · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah this explains why all sci-fi space-ships have CRT monitors - around 2020 when lifting things into orbit cost almost nothing, new ships were built using ultra-cheap CRTs that everyone was throwing out to replace with all this new stuff. But that still doesnt explain why spock had to look down that blue screen-scope thing...

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    1. Re:50-odd years of sci-fi explained by GordoSlasher · · Score: 5, Funny

      But that still doesnt explain why spock had to look down that blue screen-scope thing...
      Two words. Vulcan pr0n.

  4. Dashboard screens by earthforce_1 · · Score: 5, Insightful


    You need a very long arm to reach the kids in the back of a minivan. Trust me, I know. Instead, I just shut off the power to their video game/DVD player when they start yelling at each other. Warn once, second time the power goes off.

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  5. When would we see these displays? by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The best mode to read, as anyone would agree is paper-based, be it a book or a newspaper.

    The cheap displays that can be inserted into the newspapers with short clips for the different news items or some illustration (in case of a book) that start getting played as you flip through different sheets would be ultra-cool.

    (some spielberg movie already had a newspaper like this i guess)

    When would I (/can expect to) get a copy of such books/newspapers?

  6. Now that's what I'm talkin' about by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 4, Funny
    Instead, I just shut off the power to their video game/DVD player when they start yelling at each other.

    Even better, install an airtight parition so you can cut off the oxygen when they act up. They'll either start to behave in exchange for a precious breath of life, or anoixa will eventually shut them up anyway.

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