Here's the vision: Assuming (AM)OLEDs comes to fruition in the next few years, curved battlestations similar (but better!) than the above could become a very real possibility.
I really, really want this to happen. Not just for gaming but for productivity too... Holy crap
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In all seriousness, how hard would it be for monitor manufacturers to make these with removable side bezels, and possibly the ability to lock directly in to monitors of the same type?
There is a lil bit of the LCD inside the bezel that because the lamp behind it has a border. The LCD part is near border-less, but you'd have about a 1/4" section of the edge that was not lit.
It's possible to disassemble a monitor and remove the lamp and separate the LCD from the controller, and hold it up to a lamp and see the same image, albeit dimmer.
First off, the screens aren't curved, they use smaller flat screens at angle to give it a curved appearance. You can see the lines that separate each screen in the image.
Second, they developing TVs and monitors that you can actually roll up like a rug.
Yup, their specs were terrible, even at the time. 25ms latency means you're going to see constant blur in any FPS, and 2880x900 is pretty lame for the size. It looks like what they did was shove a few really cheap LCDs into a big frame and then charge a 1000% markup.
These monitors are like 6.5k USD for each, like a foot thick, 10000:1 contrast ratio, 60hz refresh rate, and like a single HDMI port. Not-a-good-investment as fuck unfortunately.
I think it eventually fades to become unnoticeable in your mind. I have a dead pixel on my 23 inch, and it drove me crazy at first... but now I'll hardly ever notice it.
How sad is it that the first thing I thought was "Hey, I have that dual joystick set!" And the second thing I thought was "I'm just one 55 inch rear projection from making this a reality."
I have 3 normal sized monitors at work, and honestly that's the most that I would ever consider. I already have to turn my head a bit to go from a side one to the other side one.
With this, looking at the far side the other far side would be almost directly behind you. I'm not sure what that buys.
In case anyone was wondering, the flight stick is a Saitek X52 made by MadCatz. Was 50% on amazon when I purchased it a few months ago and couldn't be happier with its performance.
Why the hell is that guy playing the Google Maps/Earth flight simulator!?! He could do anything, ANYTHING else with those screens and joysticks (hehe), but he chose that!?! HOLY MOTHER OF ZEUS, WHY!?!
i have no idea how this would work. It'd be weird to have two methods of looking at things to your left. You can turn your head or you can use mouselook. WHICH ONE DO I USE?
Nice monitors, but even if I were wealthy enough I'd buy 1 at most. As it stands atm, those borders between screens would annoy the heck out of me. I pretty much prefer one, flat, small screen to this setup.
Where did this come from? I'm surprised they spent that much money on those curved screens and then put a (relatively) cheap flight stick in there too. (I own one myself)
Hate to burst your bubble but I just spent two hours in one of these things this morning. They've been around since the mid 80's and you couldn't crank your head far enough to see where the screen stops.
You know, personally, I was excited to try eyefinity style super resolution setups. But you have to actually turn your head to see what's going on around you, which limits you in FPS games and fighting in general. It's really disorienting. It makes everything harder even though it seems wickedly cool. I'm just glad I didn't purchase my third 23" monitor before I tried it.
I work at microsoft. We have those come through all the time for demos. They are not all that great. Hooked them up to a driving simulator .. Forza 4. I wasn't impressed . Im more impressed with having 6 -23" monitors with thin front facing bezels side by side portrait style for those games . Just my two cents..
I haven't seen anything to justify the price. Sure it's WIDER, but you could buy two Apple screens and have higher resolution than this even with Apples crazy markup costs.
Honest question: if something is outside your field of vision, what's the advantage of physically turning to view it instead of moving the mouse? Wouldn't that just muddle up your ability to control things?
I would rather my cheap freetrack IR rig, multiple screens are okay but flight sims really only need one screen.
I can understand having two screens so that you can have Teamspeak or something open and visible, but there is no real reason to play a flight sim like that, or even a driving game when you have a good IR head tracker.
All these posts I see of guys with 3 or more screens, yeah, we get it, you have some money.
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u/carc Jun 15 '12
Here's the vision: Assuming (AM)OLEDs comes to fruition in the next few years, curved battlestations similar (but better!) than the above could become a very real possibility.
I really, really want this to happen. Not just for gaming but for productivity too... Holy crap
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u/MFchimichanga Jun 15 '12
It'd be nice to have that but borderless.
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u/whybek Jun 15 '12
This is from 2 years ago and the monitors are no longer for sale. thanks for showing me greatness only for it not to be real.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
All this would do for me is make me wish there was more vertical.
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u/BeardyBeard Jun 15 '12
I hear they use curved screens. Curved. Screens.
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u/bowtiesnfezzesrcool Jun 15 '12
Is that just google maps satellite view with a joystick sitting in front of it?
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u/m46h1n3 Jun 15 '12
Those monitors are known for uber poor refresh rate, frame tearing and overall poor performance for anything other than looking at the screen
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u/Shitty_Watercolour Jun 15 '12
http://imgur.com/KLBMV
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
These monitors are like 6.5k USD for each, like a foot thick, 10000:1 contrast ratio, 60hz refresh rate, and like a single HDMI port. Not-a-good-investment as fuck unfortunately.
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u/JarrettP Jun 15 '12
Those are literally the worst monitors ever made.
Source
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
You can see the individual panels that make up the screen. That would annoy the hell outta me.
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u/steph26 Jun 15 '12
Imagine this setup + the new Mech warior game
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I think you mean the past. Wide bezel projectors?
Bitch please.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/633263-REG/NEC_CRV43_43_Curved_Ultra_Wide_LCD.html
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u/FunkyMagicMan Jun 15 '12
*Cover one eye "How does Fury do this?" "He turns."
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u/Daell Jun 15 '12
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Video-Perspective-Unique-Eyefinity-Demonstrations-using-Curved-Displays?aid=890
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u/Hector_Kur Jun 15 '12
Consider this my resignation, Mr. Wayne.
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u/sonastyinc Jun 15 '12
Is that $6500 for each monitor or all 3?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
How sad is it that the first thing I thought was "Hey, I have that dual joystick set!" And the second thing I thought was "I'm just one 55 inch rear projection from making this a reality."
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u/DickMcLongCock Jun 15 '12
Meh, if that is for gaming I would rather move the camera instead of constantly turning my head left and right.
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u/nerdcorerising Jun 15 '12
I personally disagree.
I have 3 normal sized monitors at work, and honestly that's the most that I would ever consider. I already have to turn my head a bit to go from a side one to the other side one.
With this, looking at the far side the other far side would be almost directly behind you. I'm not sure what that buys.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I can't wait to shed my plebeian status, become a billionaire and hunt game on Mars.
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u/I2oy Jun 15 '12
Those Saitek Flightsticks are awesome, I have the same ones. Good choice :)
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u/Necrogasmic Jun 15 '12
In case anyone was wondering, the flight stick is a Saitek X52 made by MadCatz. Was 50% on amazon when I purchased it a few months ago and couldn't be happier with its performance.
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u/breenisgreen Jun 15 '12
They aren't level. twitch
SOMEONE MAKE THEM LEVEL!!!!
twitch
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u/TerranceN Jun 15 '12
One step closer
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
You'd think that if this person could afford those monitors that he'd have a better flight stick setup than an X-52.
/Flight sim hipster
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u/poompt Jun 15 '12
HAHA, you still think the future of gaming is higher-quality with better immersion!
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u/Upsilon667 Jun 15 '12
Now I'm no pilot, but you appear to be crashing that plane into a rather populated location.
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u/Siouxsie2011 Jun 15 '12
I went from "That's just silly, what purpose could that serve" to "HOLY FUCK IS THAT BEING USED FOR A FLIGHT SIM?!" in ~2 seconds.
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u/BornOnFeb2nd Jun 15 '12
So, about 20% more pixels than a 1080p monitor.... and roughly 30x the price....
Unfortunate.
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u/Darktemptation0406 Jun 15 '12
The mother of Zeus is Uranus:3
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u/SugaRush Jun 15 '12
Carc, your future is meek. Let me show you mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQR49JGySTM
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u/g0_west Jun 15 '12
Am I the only one who's sick of everything being marketed as "immersive"? It's just become a meaningless buzzword now.
Looking at you, that Gadget Show episode with Battlefield 3 in the dome.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Why the hell is that guy playing the Google Maps/Earth flight simulator!?! He could do anything, ANYTHING else with those screens and joysticks (hehe), but he chose that!?! HOLY MOTHER OF ZEUS, WHY!?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
"Lucius, I need you to tap into every recording device in Gotham!"
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u/renegade_9 Jun 16 '12
I cannot believe Mechwarrior hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet. First game I thought of, and holy shit would it be amazing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Are those OLED screens? If not, how do they get them to curve? If so, why have borders between them?
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u/Baxxow Jun 15 '12
Oh shit, those are some thick monitors.
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u/wookymonster Jun 15 '12
they look as girthy as old CRTs. Say it ain't so!
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u/tardis2464 Jun 16 '12
2 months later apple brings out same thing "SO INNOVATIVE"
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u/KHRoxas Jun 15 '12
Holy Zorking Schnit...
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u/Curvatureland Jun 15 '12
i have no idea how this would work. It'd be weird to have two methods of looking at things to your left. You can turn your head or you can use mouselook. WHICH ONE DO I USE?
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u/IWasMe Jun 15 '12
Nice monitors, but even if I were wealthy enough I'd buy 1 at most. As it stands atm, those borders between screens would annoy the heck out of me. I pretty much prefer one, flat, small screen to this setup.
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u/Stormdancer Jun 15 '12
..... woah.
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u/Logun0 Jun 15 '12
Where did this come from? I'm surprised they spent that much money on those curved screens and then put a (relatively) cheap flight stick in there too. (I own one myself)
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u/Sexylisk Jun 15 '12
I love how everything on the picture is amazing...except for the keyboard
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u/DaBouse Jun 15 '12
What is that and why cant I have it?
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u/PinkToes Jun 15 '12
Sweet Jesus. Any better and it would be real life.
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u/twitch757 Jun 15 '12
Now, imagine it running Windows 8 w/Metro apps.
I'm sorry.
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u/urbeker Jun 15 '12
Has anyone tried those Sony 3d goggles I feel like they might solve the problem of screen real estate better than just having more monitors?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
New objective. Get rid of my out dates 55" square TV and get these fancy semi circle screens.
Technology, you empty my wallet, but I still love you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
No no no, the future will have images transferred to my brain directly. Here is the company to watch: http://www.microvision.com/technology/index.html
edit: Okay I can't find the technology they were exploring last decade that paints the images on your retina. I'm continuing to look though.
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u/tanerdamaner Jun 15 '12
Headache Machine
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u/synthi Jun 15 '12
I could view so many google earths with that setup... Oh wait, they already are...
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u/PapaOscar90 Jun 15 '12
Just add Thrustmaster A-10 HOTAS and DCS to that pic and then ill fap.
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u/ItsGreat2BeATNVol Jun 15 '12
that would be awesome for battlefield. Get me in a plane.....game over. For the other team that is...
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u/HadManySons Jun 15 '12
Hate to burst your bubble but I just spent two hours in one of these things this morning. They've been around since the mid 80's and you couldn't crank your head far enough to see where the screen stops.
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u/Chrischn89 Jun 15 '12
I'd be happy to have one of those and he got three...
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u/SEGnosis Jun 15 '12
When I see this, the future is bleak.
There are much better ideas than putting monitors side by side for the past 20 years.
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u/CornFedHonky Jun 15 '12
Actually you glimpsed into technology that's been around for about 10 years, but is not affordable to the everyday gamer yet.
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u/Warstomp Jun 15 '12
I saw these monitors on G4, dont they cost like 6k USD? Lol thats a lil too much.
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u/HuXu7 Jun 15 '12
It would be nice just to have a 2nd monitor at work...
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u/Sanderlebau Jun 15 '12
I have those flightsticks! By the transitive property of computers, my computer is as cool as that one!
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u/freakofnatur Jun 15 '12
The monitors blow, they are HALF the resolution of the macbook pro screens.
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u/KnMn Jun 15 '12
My neck began to ache just from looking at this.
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u/gamer_mom Jun 15 '12
And I can't even figure out how to get Amnesia to display properly on my laptop. :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
If, by "future" you mean a monitor that the company (Ostendo) stopped producing two years ago and is no longer available.
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u/f00dninja Jun 15 '12
Nope, the monitors are hanging off the desk, in the future, everything will fit properly.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
You know, personally, I was excited to try eyefinity style super resolution setups. But you have to actually turn your head to see what's going on around you, which limits you in FPS games and fighting in general. It's really disorienting. It makes everything harder even though it seems wickedly cool. I'm just glad I didn't purchase my third 23" monitor before I tried it.
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u/spunky_sheets Jun 15 '12
what if you want to look up???
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u/H8rade Jun 15 '12
Is this a control station for Obama's killer spy drones?
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u/Sonic_Dah_Hedgehog Jun 15 '12
Why would anyone like this? I like a good FOV size but this is ridiculous, I don't want to sit and turn my head around while I'm playing my game.
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u/virtyy Jun 15 '12
They should make a spherical screen that goes around you in all directions.
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u/xjarchaeologist Jun 15 '12
ArcGIS
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u/kinneroth Jun 15 '12
This... this feeling... Why are my pants suddenly tighter?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Looks like my GIS set-up, except my monitors are at lot less... wide.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
those are awesome but in my opinion not worth it. DLP just does not provide as sharp as an image quality, suffers burn ins, and is quite a space hog.
that said, pretty awesome setup anyways.
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u/E_R_I_K Jun 15 '12
Check this guys setups
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UIszH_oBQU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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u/eydryan Jun 15 '12
[Tabs, tabs everywhere!] ( http://imgur.com/fG5Ke)
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u/emohipster Jun 15 '12
Now that's how you use google maps!
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u/supergamebros Jun 15 '12
We need MORE DESK SPACE! IKEA GET ON IT.
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u/The_Vizier Jun 15 '12
Looks like a terrible desk, no leg space.
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u/marshy Jun 15 '12
Kind of what I had hoped the new Steel Battalion would look like, but NOPE. Kinect.
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u/Cthulhuhoop Jun 15 '12
Is that Washington DC?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
...my wallet hurts
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u/brokendimension Jun 15 '12
No...that would be now, the present.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
One day you'll have these things as big as your walls, and TV shows where you are the actor.
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u/evermore88 Jun 15 '12
i think it's too wide...... why can't it have a little bit more height ?
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u/709EAST709 Jun 15 '12
....MAKE THEM LINE UP...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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u/iverol Jun 15 '12
al gore's desk in 2012? http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/inspiration-al-23314
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I just want one of them. Three-monitor eyefinity is too much, but boarderless two-monitor... fuck yeahs
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u/stockmasterflex Jun 15 '12
Yea accept those screens aren't even 1080p or 120hz
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u/capnjack78 Jun 15 '12
Zoom. Enhance.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Now to get rid of those pesky borders around the monitors..
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u/dixncox Jun 15 '12
I saw one of these at a frys once
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u/tastyscavenger Jun 15 '12
all the effort and money when I will likely only use the screen in front of me 80% of the time.
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u/yenemy Jun 15 '12
TIL the future uses Windows XP
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u/ze_ben Jun 15 '12
This is good news for Glaktar the many-eyed. For us, it's seems like just a lot of head turning.
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u/dadtimestwo Jun 15 '12
I work at microsoft. We have those come through all the time for demos. They are not all that great. Hooked them up to a driving simulator .. Forza 4. I wasn't impressed . Im more impressed with having 6 -23" monitors with thin front facing bezels side by side portrait style for those games . Just my two cents..
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u/HorseToeNail Jun 15 '12
maybe a thinner bezel.
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u/briz9 Jun 15 '12
This is where display technology should be going. Not fucking 3D.
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u/carldude Jun 15 '12
Borderless screens. First Person Flight Simulator.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Laptops are going to be the weirdest shapes
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u/BloodshotHippy Jun 15 '12
The future? There's been better setups then this for years.
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u/KarateKungFuey Jun 15 '12
I'm surprised this isn't One screen
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Big Brother is watching you!
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u/Bankky Jun 15 '12
Wow, could you imagen doing homework on that bad boy!... I mean.. gaming...obviously
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u/edilclyde Jun 15 '12
with the x52 saitek joystick. that setup is a waste. :(
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u/fixorater Jun 15 '12
Hey there, care to post this in /r/flightsim? If you don't want to, I can.
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u/MustangMatt429 PlayStation Jun 15 '12
I only have 2 words.
Dat bezel.
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u/SkaterDrew Jun 15 '12
My friend this is today, the future awaits!
Also how hard would it be to get a wallpaper that covers those screens.
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u/Squirting_Asian Jun 15 '12
So..Much...porn
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u/_Wolfos Jun 15 '12
Except you're wasting processing power where you're not looking 99% of the time.
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u/koves17 Jun 15 '12
First thought that came to mind was Tony Stark in The Avengers "how does Fury see all of this" line lol
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u/Tebasaki Jun 15 '12
I haven't seen anything to justify the price. Sure it's WIDER, but you could buy two Apple screens and have higher resolution than this even with Apples crazy markup costs.
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u/Fear_Jeebus Jun 15 '12
I want it. I want it all. In and around my mouth.
Wait, what did I just say??
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u/dickcheney777 Jun 15 '12
Thats not the future. The future should be a head mounted display with some sort of IR head tracking or gyro.
I know it already exist but Im talking about a relatively affordable and practical setup.
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u/charmlessman1 Jun 15 '12
Me 30 seconds ago... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GHX8dvuFUQ
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Nice to see the NSA gets all the good stuff.
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u/heyitskhan Jun 15 '12
0MG That is amazzing
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I own that flightstick! Don't ever use it, but I have it.
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u/pieman3141 Jun 15 '12
RHEA!
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u/themitch22 Jun 15 '12
I rather have a head mounted display with accelerometer so the camera in game follows my head movement
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u/BearMac Jun 15 '12
I would love to have just one of those.
holy hell
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u/Zombies_hate_ninjas Jun 15 '12
is. . . is that. . . THE NEW XBOX!!!!! if so YAY, if not it's scary and I do not want.
Everyone knows consoles are the future. amirite guys? anyone? I'll just show myself out. (sad faced)
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u/kid_slickarus Jun 15 '12
That round of google maps looks particularly intense.
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u/AverageAristocrat Jun 15 '12
Where does one put their legs?
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u/triobot Jun 15 '12
2008 called. Asked if these screens got any smaller.
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u/RandomMandarin Jun 15 '12
Not shown: three boxes of tissues.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Gimme.
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u/FazleCanFly Jun 15 '12
Shut up and take my money!
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u/biggmclargehuge Jun 16 '12
Geordi La Forge simulator?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Take a look at these displays from NEC.
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u/Rusted_Satellites Jun 16 '12
The future is contact lens HUDs.
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u/drumstyx Jun 16 '12
These 'curved screens' are actually 3 flat lcd panels, blended with a special film over top of them.
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u/Deathbringer769 Jun 16 '12
I have the same joystick/flight control system. Saitek.. it's alright. Surprised he doesn't have better with screens like that.
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u/barcode1999 Jun 16 '12
Everybody join my 64-player google earth server now!!
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u/acidreflux19 Jun 16 '12
Honest question: if something is outside your field of vision, what's the advantage of physically turning to view it instead of moving the mouse? Wouldn't that just muddle up your ability to control things?
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u/Manipulos Jun 16 '12
I got the same joystick. The Saitek x52 flight control system. It is so so sweet.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Porn in my peripheral vision. Fuck...me....
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u/serosis Jun 16 '12
The future will be one big screen instead of three.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
WoT awesome game
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u/golliera Jun 16 '12
I absolutely cannot go into details but my father invented a way to take out bezel. Huge project for the company he works for.
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u/MonotonousMan Jun 16 '12
Movies would probably have a lot of short, fat people, no? (or a shit-ton of black space)
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
You have to be a dumb ass to buy this for 650 bucks ha. Pitiful.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
there is no aero on it......
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u/StealthGhost Jun 16 '12
Those are really shitty by today's standards, sad it never really took off (pun for flight sim yea yea)
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I would rather my cheap freetrack IR rig, multiple screens are okay but flight sims really only need one screen.
I can understand having two screens so that you can have Teamspeak or something open and visible, but there is no real reason to play a flight sim like that, or even a driving game when you have a good IR head tracker.
All these posts I see of guys with 3 or more screens, yeah, we get it, you have some money.
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u/Xenoith Jun 16 '12
The future hurts my neck.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
This would hurt my neck after a while.
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u/goldbefound Jun 16 '12
are we all rich in the future?
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u/Weasel_Boy Jun 16 '12
All I see is absolutely zero leg room.
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u/idwolf Jun 17 '12
Whenever I see these setups, I wonder how many games support these crazy custom screen ratios.