jDome Gives You 180 View While Gaming

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:46 +0000

The jDome is the brainchild of John Nilsson and allows a player 180° field of vision. "All you do is put the jDome in front of a projector, mirror the image in the projector, change the Field of View and you're good to go." Simple as that. Nilsson estimates the domes will go for $125-$200 as soon as he procures the necessary fundage to get them made. If you're really interested you can provide a donation at his website or make one yourself out of your little brother's bedsheet and sister's hula-hoops. UPDATE: No, your audio isn't screwed up, John just has trouble pronouncing the name of his product (0:59). JDome Gives First-Person Gamers 180-Degree Vision, Gives Me Headaches [gizmodo] Thanks to Pork Musket, who games the old fashioned way -- with a real gun.

Redfly Mobile Companion from Celio

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:28:57 +0000

You can easily confuse it for a mini-notebook, bit in reality the Redfly Mobile Companion from Celio is a shell for Windows Mobile smartphones. It features a large, standard keyboard and an LCD screen that is 8 inches in diameter. Hook on the Redfly to the smartphone and the data on phone is displayed on the large screen. It allows you to surf the net, type emails and talk at the same time. The Redfly connects wirelessly via Bluetooth or through USB cords. A tech marriage that overcomes the physical limitations of the smartphone without using a full-fledge notebook. Technically the Redfly functions like a server, the phone processes and communicates and the device only procures data from the phone and blows it up for the larger screen and translates keystrokes to the phone's processor. The Redfly Mobile Companion starts up quite fast because it doesn't have an independent operating system. It weighs only 2 pounds; the device will start shipping in March and will costs $499.. Source

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jDome Gives You 180 View While Gaming

Redfly Mobile Companion from Celio