Looks fun but impractical apart from an arcade/theme park set up.
I still say a pico like projector fixed to the top of your head (as silly as it sounds) that has a wide angle projection is the way to go. With 'off body' motion sensing such as trackIR/Natal/We/Move then just turning your head would pan the image you see so if the image projected from the top of your head was say 210 degrees or whatever peripheral human vision amounts to then you would experience it as if it was a 360 degree wrap around screen.
Good idea, but it wouldn't be very well defined(low lux and pixel output) and it would shake with your movement. how about the sphere being lined with a giant flexible display, that would be very cool.
@Neon11234 actally it would have zero shake. Well, the only thing tht would shake would be the extreme edges of the screen but you wouldn't notice that. If there was an item such as a tree or person on the screen then when you moved your head that item would not move from its position on the wal at all, it would just move relative to your view just like things do in real life. With todays pico size projectors it would be a bit of a dim picture though. If you were in a room that was totally dark with walls that were coated with highly reflective, projector friendly paint it would be ok though. Just need to make a small, light, head mounted projector that could throw a 210 degrees wide screen up.
Chillax, sorry maybe i should of been a bit more clear. It would shake on your head, the projector therefore would pretty much have to be strapped/bolted in place as a small slip/slide on your head would be amplified onto the screen, and to be fair i think the user would prefer to be comfortable. but whatever, it's still a cool idea.
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Looks fun but impractical apart from an arcade/theme park set up.
I still say a pico like projector fixed to the top of your head (as silly as it sounds) that has a wide angle projection is the way to go. With 'off body' motion sensing such as trackIR/Natal/We/Move then just turning your head would pan the image you see so if the image projected from the top of your head was say 210 degrees or whatever peripheral human vision amounts to then you would experience it as if it was a 360 degree wrap around screen.
@Poita
Good idea, but it wouldn't be very well defined(low lux and pixel output) and it would shake with your movement. how about the sphere being lined with a giant flexible display, that would be very cool.
@Neon11234 actally it would have zero shake. Well, the only thing tht would shake would be the extreme edges of the screen but you wouldn't notice that. If there was an item such as a tree or person on the screen then when you moved your head that item would not move from its position on the wal at all, it would just move relative to your view just like things do in real life.
With todays pico size projectors it would be a bit of a dim picture though. If you were in a room that was totally dark with walls that were coated with highly reflective, projector friendly paint it would be ok though. Just need to make a small, light, head mounted projector that could throw a 210 degrees wide screen up.
@Poita
Chillax, sorry maybe i should of been a bit more clear. It would shake on your head, the projector therefore would pretty much have to be strapped/bolted in place as a small slip/slide on your head would be amplified onto the screen, and to be fair i think the user would prefer to be comfortable. but whatever, it's still a cool idea.