The Russian made Virtusphere is a 10-foot tall, 400+ pound hollow steel sphere with sensors that translate every step into in-game movement. In development since 1996 it uses a headmounted display and handheld controller which allow free immersive exploration and viewing of a 3D world. Players can run, jump, roll, or crawl over virtually unlimited distances without encountering real world obstacles. The large hollow sphere sits on rollers allowing it to rotate through 360 degrees and move freely in...
How do you make a $50 iPod Shuffle worth thousands of dollars? Sprinkle it with 430 eye-catching diamonds and plate the controls with solid 18k white and pink gold. After all this blinging you get the iDiamond iPod Shuffle. Loaded with more bling that one can handle the iDiamond is going under the hammer at a charity event in London. The estimated final price is in the $40,000 range, but given the charity nature of the auction, it could...
A masterpiece by Mccann Erickson the ad has clinched the silver lion in Cannes Lion 2007....
Boston Acoustics is out with an impressive iPod Dock that comes with AM/FM stereo and 15 station presets. Charge the iPod or listen to noise-free stations worldwide on the dual 3 1/2-inch full range speakers. Specs include BassTrac audio processing, and a high contrast display that automatically adjusts to the light level, alarm clock with sleep timer and snooze control, a remote, 2 aux inputs, and line and stereo headphone outputs....
Movie watchers today are not just film lovers, they comprise of passionate gamers, the burger seller don the road, the average internet addict among many others. Industry watchers often warn game developers that they are competing not only with other game companies, but also with other forms of entertainment, such as movies. The April 29 release of Rockstar's GTA IV may eat into ticket sales for the May 2 theatrical release of Iron Man....
More juice about the Windows Vista successor known simply as 7 for now, is that its confirmed by Microsoft that 7 is to be released in 2010. Furthermore that it's reached Milestone 1 of its software production pipeline. Microsoft has previously said that the Vista sequel would arrive approximately three years after the debut of Vista; since business clients received Vista early; however, it was unclear if this would mean late 2009 or sometime in 2010....
Mercedes announced a new line-up that would feature its well-known luxury cars, but with a little twist. That twist, it turns out, is that these models, dubbed "Blue Efficiency," would be modified to optimize fuel economy and not power output. So far three C-Class models have been released, in both diesel and gasoline versions. The most impressive of the group is easily the 200 CDI. This 2.2L diesel engine delivers 134 hp, 199 lb-ft of torque, and an extremely...
If you have a nerve of a geek. This new 5.1 channel DVD receiver is the right thing for you. Jamo’s new product- sleek black AV unit DMR 70 is all set to blow the market. It measuers 55mm high along with a Class D amplification system that allows component sizes to be reduced making it sleek and sexy. It offers 5 x 65W power, plus Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1, and Dolby Pro-Logic II decoding, upscaling of DVDs to...
Dainty posies, dazzling daisy which is the next in line? Black is out and gold goes bling, silver has a sting. Peta says no to mink, So honey, settle for Pink! LG Viewty now flirts with Pink but only in Korea for the moment. Via - Gizmodiva...
AUO today announced the world’s first 16:9 Full HD TFT-LCD with 1920 x 1080 resolution for desktop monitor. The 16:9 wide format display is perfect for desktop computers to run the emerging digital media and full HD contents. AUO’s new 24-inch LCD panel combines the stylish thin and eco-friendly designs to introduce AUO’s product lines for MoniTV application. The company’s MoniTV LCD panels adopt the resolutions of Full HD 1080p applicable to both TVs and monitors, and are expected...
KTF (Korea Telecom Freetel) will help golfers to aim their tee-shots better with its phones equipped with a virtual golf caddy program. The option allows its users to measure the distance from the tee box to their current positions or from their current positions to the cup. For this, the phones carry the geographic information of some 250 golf courses in Korea and receive real-time data from satellites, the company said. Though the golf phones may look unprofessional compared...
The news is that Microsoft will not adopt Sony's Blu-ray high-definition technology into its Xbox 360 game console. Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360, said in a recent interview that "owners can still view high-definition movies on the Xbox via Microsoft's Xbox Live online service that allows renting movies, and is the only game console to do so." Due to the exit of HD DVD, Microsoft stopped offering an HD DVD add-on player for its popular console....
On one end of the spectrum we have India imposing a ban on Blackberry services because they support encrypted SMSs and mail and on the other end we have the Securephone Encrypted GSM Cell Phone. Not that the two are in anyway connected, but it's a point to be noted. The Securephone allows for military grade secure conversations with triple layer, 256 bit encryption based on AES, Twofish and Serpent ciphers. Obviously it takes two to Tango, so if...
The Japanese market is getting another MP3 player in the market and this time around it's the Exemode ER-250. The player features a CD player that has a SD memory card slot and a USB port. The player supports CD-R/RW which records MP3 and WMA. The memory card slot accepts SD/MMC of maximum 2GB capacity. The amplifier output 2W×2ch. The system has an LCD display that features all the functions plus the player also plays FM/AM radio....
Going by the news doing the rounds, GenMP3 has reported that according to Microsoft France's Francois Ruault statement in French newspaper GNT the "third installment of the Zune would be released in late 2009." It will probably be around the Fall holidays. In the same article, there is also mention that the Zune Marketplace will hit mobile platforms on the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 OS. With all the speculations around therse is also noise about new mobile Zune service...
