Boffins develop Terminator-vision goggles If you've ever wondered what it's like to trip on acid or experiencing life through the eyes of the Terminator, then a team of Russian inventors may have the gadget for you. The team has created a pair of virtual reality goggles that enables users to experience the world from a completely different perspective. …
I think this is quite interesting but I think it would be better if the system tracked eyeball movement and then moved the camera in response.. obviously far more difficult.
A more interesting project I saw before on hackaday was where a guy mounted a camera off the back of his shoulders and set up slightly and wore a pair of goggles. He was literally watching himself walk around as if he was in something like second life.
Infact.. video here: http://www.marcowens.co.uk/avat.html
Good potential - I can imagine all kinds of weird heads-up display-type stuff going on. I do seem to recall a game system suggesting the use of these, with the real-world being the backdrop and virtual items or characters playing active roles.
Bad potential - how long before some nutcase kills a real person because he cannot tell the difference between virtual reality and actual reality?
"If you've ever wondered what it's like to trip on acid"
I'm sure it would be cheaper and a lot more fun (if somewhat less legal) to just drop a tab of acid.
I suppose this does have the advantage that you could "trip" for half an hour during your lunch break and then go back to work without any adverse effects, but that's not "what it's like to trip on acid".
Hey, they're pretty cool if a little geeky. Would be a talking point at a party and depending on the type of party you could get twice the trip. And if they come with headphones, Terminator sound effects, real time object identification system and list of handy responses for when one's grey stuff is off playing with the pixies...
"You'll fall on yer butt if you don't have stereo."
Having spent a significant length of time with a "panda patch" on my right eye I can dispell this myth. Whilst stereoscopic vision provides better depth perception, monoscopic vision works well enough as long as your point of vision is not directly in line with the object in question. That said, it is pretty naff not doing a stereoscopic version, especially since you can then do some really funky stuff by modifying the effects between eyes!
Acid ... £2 or £3/trip or free if you can find a friendly hippy. Length of fully immersive trip: 8 to 16 hours depending how many you neck.
VR goggles ... don't ring us, we'll ring you. Includes vision only, not hearing, touch, taste, time sense or mental processes. Be sure to wipe them clean when you've finished.
Not really the same after all, perhaps ?
"If you've ever wondered what it's like to trip on acid"
then go out and do it,
Anyone who has actually taken acid knows that the visuals are only part of the 'trip'. I suspect the VR stuff here could be fun for 30 mins or so but ulimately dull as the effects become predictable after a while.
Of course I wouldnt say no to a quick test drive just to prove my point :)
If I want to experience the world through a different set of eyes or a different perspective then I'll just drink until I'm pissed enough to start gargling the national anthem. Oh wait....I drink like that anyway.
This is the most pointless invention since the U.S. intelligence test.
......rants, rather amusingly, that those who use "acid" to describe wacky crap are just lazy. "Like Terry and June on acid" I believe the joke went, describing the lame comparison of a new tv show with aforementioned drug induced retro TV show moment. No, Terry and June on acid would be four hours of Terry examining the pattern on Junes floral crockery saying "That's quite interesting, ooh that's quite interesting, oooooh that's quite interesting........" over and over again.
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