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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Screens

Racing Games Zoom Faster In the JDome 180-Degree Vision System

1:30AM Jesus Diaz | Svenska inventor John Nilsson has sent us a cool new demo video of the JDome, his patented 180-degree surround display. I’ve to admit that I wasn’t convinced by his first-person shooter demo, but I’m absolutely sold on it after watching him playing STCC, a car racing simulation set in Sweden. And no, I’m not sold on it because any hot Swedish girl (NSFW) in the game. It’s just that the JDome gives a dramatically engulfing experience which seems to be perfect for car racing. More »
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Gadgets

JDome Gives First-Person Gamers 180-Degree Vision, Gives Me Headaches

8:00AM Addy Dugdale | John Nilsson is the man behind the jDome, an invention that will give gamers a massive 180-degree field of vision instead of the usual 15 to 20 degrees they get from their monitors. 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. Nilsson’s already patented his idea, and he’s looking for donations to get the jDome into production—he reckons it will cost between US$125 and US$200. [jDome] More »
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