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edition.cnn.com - 9/12/2008

Designers developing virtual-reality 'Cocoon'

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- You're walking along a street in Roman Pompeii at the start of the first millennium when you notice a spectacular stone building. You reach out towards it and your guide informs you it's a temple to the god Jupiter, built in 200 BC. With a flick of your wrist you save ...

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newlaunches.com - 9/14/2008

Cocoon could be the next Wii killer

— newlaunches.com — When it comes to entertainment systems, we often glue our money on high definition audio and video... devices surround sound and the likes. What most of us fail to realize is that entertainment is more a sensory experience, like visiting a theater act or ... (more) Cocoon could be the next Wii killer

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Virtual Pod Lets You Travel the World From Your Living Room
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide — ... the art interface. The immersive cocoon is a human-sized dome with 360 degree display on its interior, allowing you to reach out and ‘grab’ information from all around you, just like some scene in Minority Report. It opens a new door for complex multiplayer online games where you get to fight off enemies who approach from all directions, or even virtual museums or gyms. NAU hopes to complete its prototype Cocoon by October 2009, with models commercially available by 2014. [CNN VIA ...

Virtual Pod Lets You Travel Around The World At Your Living Room
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide — ... the art interface. The immersive cocoon is a human-sized dome with 360 degree display on its interior, allowing you to reach out and ‘grab’ information from all around you, just like some scene in Minority Report. It opens a new door for complex multiplayer online games where you get to fight off enemies who approach from all directions, or even virtual museums or gyms. NAU hopes to complete its prototype Cocoon by October 2009, with models commercially available by 2014. [CNN VIA ...

Immersive Cocoon lets you feel and experience virtual reality
Gizmo Watch — ... power of imagination. Virtual reality and 3D technology have more often than not been considered abstract. The Cocoon lets you experience them first-hand and therefore, it is a mind-boggling concept. About the Designer: With a background in 3D animation, Tino Schaedler understands what it takes to create 3D technology. He has traveled and taught extensively, and contributes to contemporary film design in a major way. Source:CNN / i-Cocoon

Cocoon could be the next Wii killer
Newlaunches.com — ... friends from around the world. Even if the Interactive Cocoon does not appear in a home near you anytime soon -- if ever -- the prospect of this technology is fantastic. Game graphics and audio seem good enough as they are; it's the interactivity, interface, and immersion we're most concerned with. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are all probably considering if this is the next big thing to take over the home entertainment scene. I-Cocoon_06.jpg I-Cocoon_08.jpg I-Cocoon_09.jpg Source

Cocoon may make gaming a much more immersive experience
DVICE Atom Feed — ... Cocoon at some point, focusing on making games more immersive by actually letting people get inside the games they play. The Cocoon is a concept right now, but designers are hoping to make it a reality. By surrounding you on all sides by screens and speakers, you'll feel completely immersed in whatever is being shown. Combine that with cutting-edge graphics, and you've got a video game system taken to the next level. The future looks pretty bright for gamers, I'd say. CNN, via SlipperyBrick