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Virtual Reality Cocoon Being Designed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the holodeck-in-a-gerbil-ball dept.

gurps_npc writes "CNN reports that a company called 'NAU' is working on an Immersion Cocoon that seems inspired by ST:TNG's Holodeck. The images are only 2D, and you can't touch them. But it is 360-degree video and sound, with light sensors to detect your hand movements and floor sensors to detect foot movements. They hope to have a prototype by October 2009."

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  1. What will nintendo call it? by LiENUS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously this is the replacement for the Wii, but what will Nintendo call this one?

    1. Re:What will nintendo call it? by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Funny

      Compltely enclosed? Clearly it will be called the Wii 2mb!

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    2. Re:What will nintendo call it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Wii Personal Environment, or WiiPE for short.

    3. Re:What will nintendo call it? by SeekerDarksteel · · Score: 2, Funny

      Puu?

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    4. Re:What will nintendo call it? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2, Funny

      You could combine the two. Visit Joan of Arc and see her get burned at the stake. And then fuck her.

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  2. Holodeck, huh? by StefanJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    So from now on half of the episodes of our lives will take place in one of these pods?

    1. Re:Holodeck, huh? by Quasar1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

      And of course 90% of that time there will be some sort of glitch just to make things interesting.

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  3. Will it have... by Enderandrew · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will it have a porn, I mean, privacy mode?

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  4. Newsflash by npace · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't see it on the picture but it has a little opening on the side where the food comes from.
    I also heard it's designed to project war videos and play Beethoven.

    And yes, it will run the new HP Linux.

  5. So really... by pcgabe · · Score: 5, Funny

    [...] an Immersion Cocoon that seems inspired by ST:TNG's Holodeck. The images are only 2D, and you can't touch them.

    So, not at all like the Holodeck, then?

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  6. Re:Shopping for books in 3D? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That might make sense if you were just browsing, although there are a lot of ways to sift through books which don't map well to inanimate shelves. What if you know which book you want, though? Do you look up the title, author, publisher, etc. in a digital representation of a manual card catalog, and then spend at least a couple minutes walking over to the indicated location?

    In Cocoon version 1.0, yes. But don't worry. In version 2.0 people will be able to use a virtual computer and mouse to browse the amazon website for the book they're looking for.

  7. That looks a little bit too much like the ... by MenThal · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...teleportation chamber from "The Fly" for my taste.

    http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TECH/09/11/immersive.cocoon/art.cocoon1.jpg
    http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2894960128/tt0091064

  8. Re:Next week on TNG by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 2, Funny

    > being able to completely fudge your 360 degree view screen with a wonderful "Guess what you just won!" tagline.

    It's worse than that. Imagine...

    360-degree full-immersion goatse.cx.