The price is nice, but the fish-eye sucks.

ShaggE

Aaaaa..... No, thanks.

Xayzer

@Artdeux: nah I'm pretty sure he says he's the inventor

ChaoticLusts

Why would I want to stand up to play my games? Or watch them through fish-eye-o-vision? Having my legs get tired is not immersive :<

Also, hurrah for the irony of "don't stand still".

ZhouYu

Coool..

muscrat_01

I would rather buy a triple monitor setup that gave better images and took up less room.Having said that, i really have no desire to buy a triple monitor setup.

UFO

I'm getting the case of Deja Vu... Oh well. But the idea and concept is nice, but that blur would kill me during play, plus projectors to my eyes, always have this weird transparency to it... Gaming would be un-enjoyable so. But something more feasible I suppose is to find five CRT's (Because of price) and do it that way.

Kaizuden

Is it bad that I now hate everyone that sounds like Uwe Boll, and want them to die via a combination of castration, a hunting knife, sweet and sour sauce, and llama feces?

kfresh97

this guy talks funny :D

Jnas

@ChaoticLusts: Maybe he is their PR person.

Either way, this concept doesn't make that much sense. How exactly is doming the exact same image going to make me see more?

Artdeux

must not be childish must not be childish....hehehe gay dome... _>

i'm guessing PR didn't get their hands on this guy before he presented this

ChaoticLusts

@DJ-KINETIC: Wouldn't it smell mouldy and fishy? DOn't know if i could handle that for several hours, without getting my sense of smell permanently damaged

sander_dutch

That Man Should Hire Some One Else To Be His PR Person...I Lost Interest Halfway Through "Hello My Name Is..."

hk458

Combine the J-Dome with the "Scent Dome" [www.trisenx.com] and you have a winning combination. Seriously, who doesn't want to play Bioshock and know what Rapture smells like at the same time?

DJ-KINETIC

It almost looks as though you're just playing through a fish eye lens

Dannon

Hmmm. I could see something like that being cool for arcade machines....

LuppyLuptonium

I saw a version of this in use at a usability and technical interface conference over 5 years ago. It was pretty nifty but the lack of resolution of the projector coupled with the modification of the display output to fit the screen profile made it little more than an amusing quirk.

qhue

WARNING: THE FUTURE APPROACHES

108

Immersive? Ha! I laugh mockingly at your "immersion".

Check this shit out :)

Pretty extreme, the CAVE system has projected 270 degree vision in both axes.

That said, it requires a commitment on the level of "I am going to dedicate 15 cubic metres of empty space in my home to gaming.". The 180 degree pc umbrella requires a projector, and a place to mount the projector, and the throw distance, and place to stand for the user, and safe easement to and from said gaming space... adding up... the CAVE doesn't look so crazy. Hehehe

Scipher

Get rid of the fish eye and this would be the perfect Metroid Prime accessory along with the bulletproof vest for impact!

shaunomacx

@Artdeux: They actually change the field of view to 180 degrees so stuff that would be on your periphery shows up.

Benzak

180 degrees? from the look of it, its more like 150-170 degrees, the only way to get 180 is to stick your head uncomfortably into the dome, seems like to close for comfort, and the position you have to play in looks funny

ban_hammer

does not look that cool.. why does it had to be so big, you just need it for your face and not for half of your body... make a mask out of it or a helm r something you can put on your head and not a... whatever it is...

Shad0X

@DJ-KINETIC: That link for the scent dome.. all I can say is ouch that hurts my head. That has got to be one of the most horrid advertisements ever created!

lestat730

All I heard was gay-dome. And the way he is presenting doesn't help rid that either. :B

hezz05

The :"you have taken your firs steps into a larger world.. Don't stand still.." was so hilarious! Obviously a Swede.
First of all he should get a professional PR person, at least if he really wants to sell this product. As far as the product goes it just feels stressful. Looks ugly, doesn't fit in my living room, I prefer to sit or lay in bed while playing and... well, the picture isn't made for stretching out like that is it? It must look like shit up close.

Mizuki

People supposedly get woozy at Imax movies. People are asked not to stand and if they do start feeling sick, to walk out looking at their feet.

I imagine the J-dome becoming the Vomit-dome.

Eltigro

Wow, he is smooth. With every emphasised syllable I felt more seduced.
Oh Nilsson, do all the boys fall for you so?

penty85

Too big, too ugly, and just looks like an expensive concave lens.

Fyren

@Mizuki: you lay in bed and play videogames??

I think its obvious that this guy can't afford a PR firm. I'm going out on a limb here and say that he's his only employee.

I think this idea can work if he can get some venture capital.

jp182

Ahhhhhhh, the geometric distortion would make me vomit. But thats ok, the j-dome looks like a good barf catcher.

com4tably.numb

Schtop. The J Dome ish not ready yet.

HarmanSmith

yeah, this guy is awesome. that's a great idea. i'd really like to try it out first-hand. when you step back from it, it looks to be a bent image, but i wonder if it feels natural when you are right in front of it. of course, i would have liked some more info on the projector and all, but this is a good beginning.

thaKingRocka

He would like me to have my own gaydome... apparently, he doesn't like sharing.

Herabec

This guy is so fucking hilarious XD
It's awesome! Swedes have the best accent.

I'm not entirely convinced of the product but you have to hand it to the man, at least he's honestly trying to sell his own product insteaed of having some firm do it for him.

Gotta give him credits for that.
"Chaange dee foff, and een yu go!"

Iceman B.

Is he a Swede? Because he really sounds like a Swede with mediocre English :/

I forgive DICE, but when you are going to promote your product please use a person that can speak good English and don't look to awful.
If you don't have anyone in your team that fulfill those requirements, then hire some one. The money will be a good investment...

RageW

Hooray! It's the "Yay-dome"!!!

djgeki

There's around 50 better ways to do that.

Leathersoup

Isn't this kind of stupid when we can just use headset goggles to simulate virtual reality. There are already several on the market for thousands of dollars and they give you the same range of vision in addition to making the screen appear much much larger. To me, that seems FAR more immersive than staring at the J-Dome could ever be. Props though for "welcome to...the J-dome show..case."

pot3ntial2suck

@lestat730: I agree. So horrid, in fact, that it reaches a kind of brilliance, IMHO.

DJ-KINETIC

get 2 and get a full 360 degree immersion

Dougman

Haha! This is why I'm ashamed of being a swede! I prolly sound like that too, before shoving a pint down (when suddenly, I mysteriously TRANSFORM into a brit!!)

thanius

@Mizuki: Oh yes, someone please Swede this Presentation.

Klappstuhl

I bet someone will reverse engineer his method and post it for free on instructables sooner or later.

Klappstuhl

I used this thing a few years ago at a game expo and conference in Raleigh. Virtual Heroes had this thing set up showcasing some space-mars-landing-simulation-thing, and I didn't really find it that interesting then. I actually found myself wishing for a flat screen. I think I'll pass on this one.

Suberus

@pot3ntial2suck:
Current HMDs don't cover your whole field of view. It's more like a floating window. Cheap goggles even have gaps you can look outside through.

Tadashi

@HarmanSmith: LOL well played.

MistryMan

I can't wait to play Rogue on this thing.

Pantsman

I invented the gay dome 1st! take a projector, flip the image, change the FOV then project a rainbow on yourself. within minutes you will become gay.

zwick78

2D image projected on a convexed projection surface = fish eye view.
Everything around the edges of the image are stretched.

I remember seeing something posted on this site about a 360 degree screen that used several projectors. You stood in the middle and used a wiimote controller. The person playing turned they're body around and aimed with the controller.
It was done by some people in Europe and I can't remember the name of product, it looked far superior to the J-Dome.

marklip

I hate how the yay-dome just looks like it's stretched from the middle outwards. That would annoy me to no end. I don't care if I can see a tiny bit extra on the ends of the things. If they're stretched out like that, I'd rather just use that projector to project that image flat.

Mit

My name is John Nilsson, I want to take "you home and show you my yay-dome."

This felt like an SNL skit...That man is amazing.

MasterSauce

Can anyone else see this for what it really is? A streached warped picture of the exact same image you would get on a normal monitor, TV! What is this bloke on?

Felch

Sweet! I want one!

cybereality

Ugg do not want. The problem with most of these devices is they require large amounts of space that few people actually have.

Secondly, the tech is no better than a HD projection screen. The dome-shape is a gimmick.

Philudo

Heh. "Yay-Dome"

MutilatedMooCow

If you could get a game dev to produce a game image that was pre-distorted with a fisheye effect, this could actually be pretty good. In other words, the initial image would then be "un-distorted" by being projected onto a curved surface. You can see this effect in operation on the new Simpsons Ride at Universal studios theme park, for example. The projected image is CG, rendered pre-distorted, and projected onto a dome.
A big problem with the "J-Dome" is also that the image is quite close to the face of the player. It would be more effective if the dome were farther away, as in the case of the motion sim ride mentioned earlier.
Front projection, rather than rear, would give a potentially sharper, clearer image as well.
This product as shown needs more work before it is ready for consumers.

hogarth1

Stupid. I do not like how it distorts the picture.

MrSatan

Almost a good idea.

Strangelove

@Felch:

This comment and all the others of its ilk are just plain asinine. While the device may be dorky (I dunno, I'd give it a go I think), if you'd bothered to do your research you'd find that the game FOV is changed to 180º before projection. If you've tried to play that on a flat screen monitor you'd understand why the dome is required.

housewarmer

@hogarth1:

Protip = Field of View, pretty much every (pc) game lets you adjust that.

but seriously, invest in a 16:10 monitor if fov is an issue for anyone.

Personally I can barely play on a standard monitor anymore.

Mpoxsx

(Here, I'll repost what I wrote when this was posted over at Gizmodo:)

Meh, unless it actually improves your vision of the game, then it's useless. He's just stretching the default view out to accomodate 180 degrees of vision rather than adding extra screen space to the viewable area and stretching that out. This system would actually give you a disadvantage because you'd be seeing less of the game in focus.

It's a nice concept, but it just needs a bit more polishing.

Blah8

This seems fishy. It looks like he's intentionally cropping out that man on the right in his example in order to show supposedly how much more his special dome shows. Wouldn't current games just be projected to stretch around it anyway? If so, he'll have to wait until developers decide to start designing games specifically for use with his invention.

Also, it's irritating enough dealing with games that use a minor fish-eye effect to give you a wider field of vision without making everything as stretched & wonky as on that dome.

Evil Jim

Since I have a projector I'd buy it but my only problem is standing, I want a Vertical chair damn it!

Majpain007

It looks pretty cool, but I swear I heard him say "GayDome" right at the start so I couldn't really concentrate or take anything else he was saying seriously

bombyaker

@hogarth1: Bingo, this is the only practical application for this kind of setup. Otherwise the result is what you see in the video. Sure, you get the sensation that you're "in the game" - the downside is that 2/3rds of it is now stretched beyond recognition in your periphery.

I think that if any one tech brings us a little bit closer in gaming, it'll be a lightly curved surface with the addition of accurate eye tracking. That way you're still presented with the same visual footprint, but if you look to the corners your camera will pan a bit. While still facing the same direction in the game, it would allow you to be able to see your squadmate to the left without having to rotate around completely and lose your movement bearing/weapon aim. Just make sure to add a slight delay factor, so you don't get spastic panning. Glance at a corner for a second or so and the POV camera will follow your lead, or include it as an assignable button so it only pans when you trigger it.

Slash3

@bombyaker:

Glad I wasn't the only one lol.

His pronounciation of J-Dome sounds to much like Gay dome.

Majpain007

@jp182 I will play my video games how ever I see fit:p
In any thinkable way that does not include me standing up.

Mizuki