OO HD wireless projector concept reaches for the stars, almost grabs 'em (video)

David Riesenberg obviously had his head in the clouds when he dreamed up the OO High Definition Wireless Projector, but it's not like we're kvetching about his imagination's ability to go far beyond the limits of most humans. For one thing, the concept 1080p projector looks (and lands) like a stunning orange UFO; for another, the specs are otherwordly. Should the device ever come to market, Reisenberg says it will pack SSD storage, WiFi and internal decoder chips into its svelte, 11-inch round carbon fiber frame, as well as three independently articulated legs for balance and a Li-ion battery for up to three hours of cord-free HD streaming and playback. Did we mention it's got a matching touchscreen remote? And our deepest affection, forever and ever? See what we're drooling over in Riesenberg's subtle video homage to a certain interstellar piano waltz right after the break.

[Thanks, David]

OO High Definition Wireless Projector Concept

[CaptainPlanet Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:12AM]

nicely done, but could've queue the music better...but after all i'm just nit-picking

[Techno1q Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:32AM]

@CaptainPlanet
Wonder if the prince will show up after that kiss is over.

[werty1432k Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:40AM]

@CaptainPlanet Star wars pit droid much?

[abedinthehouse Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:57AM]

OO.ooh

[Stereotype Posted Mar 10th 2010 10:02AM]

@werty1432k

I thought the exact same thing... :P

[Shunnabunich Posted Mar 10th 2010 10:32AM]

@CaptainPlanet
If we're going to nitpick, I noticed the legs clipping through the floor plane at 0:25 when they were unfolding. :P

[sweet greggo Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:12AM]

o_O it's.... watching me...

[305BuddyLuv Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:21AM]

LOL. It looks like one of the drones from "War of the Worlds".
I like it.

[bstump Posted Mar 10th 2010 8:16AM]

@305BuddyLuv That's EXACTLY what I thought when I loaded the page, War of the Worlds.

[runforfun7 Posted Mar 10th 2010 9:18AM]

@305BuddyLuv I couldn't agree with you more. It looks straight from War of the Worlds. Just hope the beam of light it emits isn't like what is in the movie! haha

[grandmainger Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:22AM]

Oh my, that is just sooooo sexy.

[jamesstringer Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:27AM]

Wow...

[scip Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:28AM]

Zax, is that you? O_o

http://www.podster.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fotos/tv_zax.jpg

[jcburns Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:29AM]

This is, of course, a riff on the 'Flying Sub' from the 1960s Irwin Allen TV show Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

[caferelgin Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:29AM]

Oh! The drone in Star Wars - Phantom Menace. The one that Jarjar gets trouble with :)

[davepermen Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:31AM]

george lukas will sure sue them, it's a Pit Droid!!

http://www.starwars.com/gaming/videogames/news/news19990721/title_bg.jpg

:)

(and i would soooooo want that projector :))

[crayjay Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:39AM]

When I first looked into the eye of this thing I got a strange feeling that it would lock the pod bays doors behind me if I went outside to search for a missing friend.

[ajsparx Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:39AM]

Dangit you guys, I was totally thinking the same thing, pit droid, no legs.

[bstump Posted Mar 10th 2010 8:17AM]

@ajsparx ...or body...

[ajsparx Posted Mar 10th 2010 9:57AM]

@bstump meh, you can't really call it a body... but point taken.

[Zune360Win7 Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:40AM]

**Projector charges up**(think splinter cell) Initiate total human annihilation lol

[niclet Posted Mar 10th 2010 7:58AM]

Reminds me... Oh! yes, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Flying Sub

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CMM817lg.jpg

[Verythrax Posted Mar 10th 2010 8:01AM]

The Tau are here!

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1300153&prodId=prod1060312

[pander Posted Mar 10th 2010 8:32AM]

well......reminds me of a woman....

(i feel dirty)

[CapnHowdy Posted Mar 10th 2010 9:05AM]

Flight of the Navigator

[southern78 Posted Mar 10th 2010 9:05AM]

Wow...beautiful projector...never thought I would hear myself say that. Nice!

[napdaddy Posted Mar 10th 2010 9:09AM]

Nothing says cancer like high bitrate data floating in the room.

[ohanmer Posted Mar 10th 2010 10:11AM]

Add superheated helium pockets and maybe it COULD fly away...

[Fnordson Posted Mar 10th 2010 10:22AM]

I can't belive nobody thought about Lenny Kravitz' "If you can't say no" here.
Maybe I'm just to old already...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsP05MHH_G4

[MrGreen Posted Mar 10th 2010 10:56AM]

Next thing you know it has grown a pair of legs. No way in hell I'd let this thing anywhere near my family!

[gordonp Posted Mar 10th 2010 11:16AM]

Or the Spindrift from Land of the Giants.

[BuzzMega Posted Mar 10th 2010 11:22AM]

Too bad the thing had only a 200:1 contrast ratio and cost $11,000. But the case is gorgeous.

I especially like how the promo has a nice, blank 15 seconds of music after the credits, then ends abruptly in the middle of a thought.

Thoughtful.

[Palomino Posted Mar 10th 2010 12:30PM]

Looks like a prop from StarGate, like the Eye of Ra or something.

[kappachinoja Posted Mar 10th 2010 12:35PM]

@Palomino
Yes! that is what it reminds me of!!

(i have a brother with the lastname 'Palomino')

[kappachinoja Posted Mar 10th 2010 12:33PM]

It kinda looks like a probe come to take over the world. Looks very modern.

[erikroykelly Posted Mar 10th 2010 12:52PM]

Looks an awful lot like the space ship from Flight of the Navigator...

[glennS Posted Mar 10th 2010 2:11PM]

The big eye reminds me of HAL.

[dwight Posted Mar 10th 2010 2:59PM]

it looks like a pussy

[fuesse Posted Mar 10th 2010 3:15PM]

alittle too much function follows form maybe but beautiful!

[nd4spd1919 Posted Mar 10th 2010 5:19PM]

All I need is to build a custom stand and I'll have my own PIT Droid! Hopefully it won't jump through a pod racer engine when I watch Star Trek on it...

[acme64 Posted Mar 10th 2010 6:55PM]

this thing looks like those flying aliens in metal slug. during the space mission

[eno Posted Mar 11th 2010 2:44PM]

Actually, those of you that are old enough, might remember the flying shuttle from "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" that this design appears to be inspired by:

http://www.cloudster.com/sets&vehicles/FlyingSub/FlyingSubTop.htm

[eno Posted Mar 11th 2010 2:51PM]

See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVtW4CP5YW8

[eno Posted Mar 11th 2010 2:55PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=T4FHXcnZS3Y&feature=related

[DerekUGA Posted Mar 11th 2010 5:19PM]

Batteries Not Included, starring Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn.

[kadajawi Posted Mar 11th 2010 8:28PM]

Nice design and presentation, but do these designers always have to come up with ridiculous dream specs that are not in the least realistic, not now and not in the somewhat foreseeable future? (unless this thing is as bright as a small candle).