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dfp3050: I think the concept is really cool. And I'd like to try it out at some point. My problem is it doesn't seem practical. Not only would you need a sp... more »
nutbastard: all in all, though, i think the way to go with all this is having a motion sensing gun coupled with some high resolution, motion sensing goggles. you ... more »
CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: This is freaking awesome! Now expand the projection to a dome room where you have walls all around you. Then use ceiling projectors to display all o... more »
BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: That's real cool except you'd need to be playing inside a white sphere -- note lame example more »
RoboBagins: I sense a Ben Heck-enning. more »
nutbastard: when i was 8 i fantasized about having a sega genesis controller with all the guts and a little projector in it. asked my dad about it, who told me it... more »
dingus: Boom, baby, BOOM! more »
TheSonOfKrypton: This is, most assuredly, the funniest thing I have seen in a while. more »
qbrad: Ze goggles... Zey do somesing?! more »
dragon:ONE: Can Samsung come out with a decent, respectable smartphone WITHOUT this TouchWiz crap? Every time I see it it screams "dumbphone" and every time I see... more »

#gaming

Pico Projector Gun Controller Beams First-Person Shooters on Any Surface
Redneck Techie's vision for a pico projector Wireless Game Gun has been realized...by Microvision. As you can see, the controller allows gamers to break free from their fixed screens and project the battle on any surface. More »
#ps3

Strap On a Projector and a PS3, Then Game Anywhere
Theoretically, if you were to strap a PS3 Slim, projector and substantial weight in batteries to your body, you could play games on a big screen anywhere. Well in practice, someone actually did that: More »
#robots

Robo Theater: Mobile Projector, Or Projector Mobile?
People take movies on the road all the time; it's why so many minivans have TVs, and why PMPs play video. What people don't do, most of the time, is put movies on the road. Most of the time. More »
#nowavailable

Now Available
In this installment of Now Available: Dell's snazzy Vostro 1015 laptop, WowWee's sweet-as-cinnamon pico projector, the not-so-hot Samsung Omnia II, and the Nokia N900, a smartphone that's so smart it's not even a smartphone. More »
#cameras

This Helicopter Boys Nikon Coolpix S1000pj Video Was Definitely Made In Japan
The setup looked ingenious. Using a series of photos and the projectors on a bunch of those quirky Nikon Coolpix S1000pj projector cameras, these two tots looked to be recreating a Daft Punk music video. Then they started dancing. More »
#projectors

HypnosEye: The World's First Ironic Projector
You know those faux-retro plastic cameras you see at stores like Urban Outfitters? The ones skinny people in skinny jeans use to take pictures of themselves dancing, or looking very serious, but not really? This is that, as a projector. More »
#review

Nikon S1000pj Projector Camera Review: Screw You All, I Love This Thing
I don't think we've written a single story about the S1000pj without making fun of it somehow, and now I feel bad. Yes, a projector-camera is still a patently ridiculous piece of hardware, but I'm kinda of crazy about it. More »
#art

Projectors Morph Boring Building Into Giant Pinball Machine
Urban Screen, the same group behind insane 555 Kubik illusion, built a humongous, functioning pinball machine through facade projection way back in 2007. Why more architecture isn't decorated with multi-story video games, we do not know. [Urban Screen via MAKE]
#battlemodo

$1000 1080p Projector Battlemodo: Optoma HD20 vs Vivitek H1080FD
The idea of a $1000 1080p projector is enticing, but are the first products to reach this price, the VIvitek H1080FD and the Optoma HD20, any good? Yes, yes they are. More »
#projectors

Sanyo's Two-Lamp PLC-XF1000 Projector Brings A Blinding 12,000 Lumen Rating
With the price tag of $25,000 that it also brings, I won't be picking up a PLC-XF1000 in December, but I must admit that the 12,000 lumen rating and super vivid images have me drooling. More »
#exploded

A Japanese Engineer's Crazy Dream for a Camera, Exploded
This is what it's like inside Nikon's ridiculous projector-in-a-camera. Whoever fell asleep and drooled on the approval forms to make the s1000pj happen, thank you for something that should only exist on paper or in a Brando catalog. [iFixit]
#projectors

Funai Touch Sensitive Image Projectors Could Arrive By 2010
Put this thing in an iPhone and sign me up! Funai's new projector can project images that can recognize finger movements. More »
#digitalcameras

How You Stuff a Projector Inside of a Digital Camera
Nikon's S1000pj projector camera was obviously the result of some Japnese engineer's crazed wet dream, but ripping it out of mere fantasy and into reality was no small feat, requiring Nikon to design and build a whole new projector system. More »
#projectors

Epson's PowerLite 705HD Projector Clocks 720p For Under $750
Today Epson announced two new projectors aimed squarely at budget conscious consumers—the PowerLite Home Cinema 705HD and the MovieMate 60. More »
#projectors

Optoma Pico PK102 Projector Bragging It's World's Smallest
Lucky for projectors being the smallest is a good thing. Optoma says its newest 4x2 inch PK102 actually is. An upgrade to its Optoma PK101, it is now thinner but managed to squeeze in 4GB of storage. More »
#projectors

Who Has an Extra $175,000 for a Movie Theater Quality Projector?
We know, we know. You don't think the bank will support your $175,000 "projector mortgage" request. But JVC's highest end 4K projector isn't going to buy itself. More »
#projectors

Epson's Home Theater 8100 Projector Boasts 1080p And a $1599 Price Tag
Today Epson announced four new 1080p projectors at CEDIA, including the PowerLite Home Cinema 8100 that comes in at an "affordable" $1599. More »
#review

3M MPro120 Pico Projector Review: Highly Evolved
Pico projectors were all the rage when they were in development, but as the first wave of products hit, so did a reality-induced malaise: They weren't that great. Fortunately, 3M's MPro120 goes far to outshine the original MPro110. More »
#gaming

Half Dome Screen Wraps Games and Movies Around You
Ha, this looks awesome. This half dome projector screen is big enough for two people to sit in front of, and isn't just a damn prototype—the California company behind it actually has them for sale. More »
#picoprojectors

The 3M MPro120: It's About Time Pico Projectors Grew Up
3M pitching the MPro120 mini-projector as a "second generation" piece of hardware. For them, that means it's the first with the new MM200 projection engine. For everyone else, it could mean the first truly decent pico projector. More »
#projectors

1080p Projectors Finally Sink Past $1000
Well hey, maybe it's time to start paying attention to olde tyme projektor machines again: Vivitek's upcoming H1080FD will spit a full 1080p image at whatever size you want, for just a thousand dollars. More »
#rumor

Rumor: Nikon VP650 Camera/Projector Combo to Be Revealed This Week
CrunchGear was reporting earlier today that a big "groundbreaking" Nikon event was coming our way this week, and now we might know what, exactly, all the fuss is about: It's a camera/projector hybrid called the VP650. More »
#projectors

AAXO P2 Pico Projector Is Thankfully Brighter Than its Forefathers
Pico projectors have been bullshit. They've been dim and useless. The P2 is one of the next generation with LCoS display of 800x600 and 33 lumens, twice as bright as previous. In two gens, I might even recommend. [PicoProjectorInfo]
#review

EyeClops $100 Mini Projector Review (Just More Childhood Trauma)
The Gadget: The EyeClops Mini Projector. It projects SD content up to 60 inches across. Yeah, it's technically a toy, but historically, EyeClops makes some cool stuff. More »
#art

3D Projection Gives Building Fantastical, Undulating Skin
If you kill 7 minutes on an internet video today, make it this clip of a minimal building facade transforming through illusions of 3D projection. More »
#japan

3mm-Thin Digital Booth Babe Gives Other Booth Babes Inferiority Complexes
This super-thin booth babe display was recently spotted on the floor of the high-octane International Stationary and Office Supply Fair (slogan: "You'll get punched in the face with excitement!").
#fireworks

Sega's Virtual Fireworks Machine Takes the Fun Out of Explosions
Sega Toys is coming out with the Uchiage Hanabi, essentially a limited-function projector that shows fake fireworks on your ceilings or walls, complete with sound. More »
#concepts

Levitating Projector, Or Really Expensive T-Ball?
This levitating projector may just be a concept, but most of the science is fairly sound. More »
#projectors

iJector Sprays 50 Inches of iPod, iPhone Video Onto Any Wall
Simple, dock-form iPod projectors have typically been either a) imaginary lust objects or b) forsaken concepts. Landing next month, the iJector is neither of those things, in that it's going be to available. Unfortunately, we've already spotted a few dealbreakers. More »
#projectors

Casio XJ-S43W Super Slim Line Projector Goes Widescreen, Gets Cheaper
Casio's Super SlimLine DLP projectors have always been trim, but now the XJ-S43W gets a bit more appealing with widescreen support and a lower price. More »
#projectors

Could This Be the New World's Crappiest Projector?
To be fair, unlike the current anti-champion of crappy projectors, the Ultra Projector isn't really designed as an alternative to, well, real projectors. But even so, this thing doesn't include audio of any sort. WTF? More »
#camcorders

DigiLife Crams a Pico Projector Into a Pocket Camcorder
DigiLife's DDV-JF1 pocket camcorder rocks mostly the same features as other mini-cams like the Flip HD, including 720p recording and a 2.5-inch LCD. But it's got a trick up its sleeve—a 640x360 pico projector built right in. No word on price or availability yet, though. [Engadget]
#projectors

E&S' 8K Laser Projectors Also Display 3D Content in HD
Fresh off of JVC's 8K projectors announcement, Evans & Sutherland's newest laser projector, the ESLP 8K, not only displays a resolution of 8K in 2D, but also projects visuals in 3D as well. More »
#projectors

JVC's First 8K Projector and 4K Live Camera Are Under $200K
JVC latest projectors—one at 8K (8,192x4,320pixels) and the other at 4K (3,840x2,160pixels)—come with 10,000 lumens of brightness and produce a 5500:1 contrast ratio. More »
#projectors

Sanyo LP-WXU700 Projector Utilizes Draft N Wi-Fi, FIRST!!
The Sanyo LP-WXU700 is the first projector on the market to integrate the no-longer-so-new 802.11 Wi-Fi. And it's happy to work in offices and home theaters alike. More »
#projectors

Epson Ensemble HD Kit Gets Upgraded Projectors
Epson's ensemble projector kit is being paired with their Powerlite 6100 and 6500 UB models, both 1080p projectors, with the UB model getting a much higher dynamic contrast ratio of 75,000:1. More »
#worstmodo

World's Crappiest Projector (As Reviewed By Gizmodo) On Sale Now At Woot
If you want in on a projector that Gizmodo once dubbed the "world's crappiest projector," head over to Woot right now. It's been marked down considerably, and is still the worst ever. [Woot Thanks, Akif]
#art

No, This Dancing Building's Bricks Are Not Falling Like Tetris
This isn't an animation, and it's not CGI and it's not a building doing the humpty dance. It's actually the old mint in downtown SF being painted by 7 perfectly mapped HD projectors. More »
#projectors

Pico Projectors Go High Def
That didn't take long. While we're still waiting for many announced pico projectors to even be released, Forever Plus has revealed the world's smallest 720p projector. More »
#docks

Apple Would Never Announce the E-Pod, But It's Still Lustable
I just don't see Apple announcing a multimedia projector dock for the iPhone/iPod anytime soon, but in my imaginary world where Jobs and I sit together eating cucumber sandwiches every afternoon, he's birthed me one. More »

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