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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 SeekerDarksteel · · Score: 2, Funny

      Puu?

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    3. 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. 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

  7. 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.