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Toshiba Sets Their Display to Ludicrous Size

The Daily Mail is running this
picture
which features Toshiba’s “Head Dome Projector” display,
designed for very immersive computer interaction:

Toshiba's 'Head Dome Projector' display.

According to DailyTech, the display was presented at the Society for Information Display 2006 symposium, which took place in June in San Francisco. Here’s what they wrote:

The system exhibits a wide viewing
angle of 120 degrees horizontally by 70 degrees vertically without head
tracking, and 360 degrees x 360 degrees with head tracking. We assume
the head tracking feature is afforded by the fact that it sits right
over your head.

I’m sure I’m not the only person who saw the  Toshiba display and immediately thought of this:

Rick Moranis as 'Dark Helmet' from the movie 'Spaceballs'.