Anyone tried these?

[ChadTower]

Still 640 x 480, sure, but looks pretty light and the price is good.  If I knew of a local place that carried these I'd check it out.

http://www.22moo.com.au/argo+.htm

[somunny]

Side effects include:  headaches, nausea, vommiting, diarrhea, nose bleeds...

Being facetious, obviously but I would think it would be difficult to wear for extended periods. 

[ChadTower]

Supposedly it has a focal point of 2 meters.  That's a pretty good viewing distance if the effect is decent.

[somunny]

The site says it compliments the Nintendo Wii.  I guess you could mount the IR emitter to your forehead. 

[cdbrown]

Wow something new that's been produced out of Australia.  Not something you see every day.  It's a lot cheaper than a big tv but it really can't be too good for your eyes.  Don't like the 4:3 aspect ratio.

[ChadTower]

640x480 locks you into 4:3.  Definitely not a replacement for a primary display but at $350 it would be a great secondary display for console gaming or casual PC use.

[Loki]

I'd love to have one of these but I'm a bit worried about what it will do to my eyes.

[ChadTower]

I found some at the Sharper Image's website that appear to be the same unit with different labeling.  Too bad there isn't a Sharper Image store anywhere near me.

[Kevin Mullins]

The site says it compliments the Nintendo Wii. 

Awesome NEW Product !!

"Now..... not only can your cool new Wii controller go crashing through windows, doors, walls, pictures, lamps and other common household items..... but so can you!!"

(I so had a vision of trying to use these for that purpose)

[shmokes]

I know, that's awesome.  How irresponsible is it for them to suggest using it with the Wii, of all things.  Yeah, the Wii is the first console that you should be playing while you are blindfolded.

I can't imagine these things being very useful except on an airplane or something.  I don't think I would ever want to use them when I was at home.  There's a dentist near me that uses headsets like these, though, and it's awesome.  When you sign in you select a movie from a list of hundreds and then you sit there and watch the movie with headphones on while they work on your teeth.  Best dentist experience I've ever had.

[ChadTower]

I can beat that.  When I was 13 my orthodontist's assistant was his 20 year old daughter with a DD rack.  When she bent over to get to my molars my face would get jammed so deep in that rack I'd have to tap her shoulder to get air.

It was a religious experience to a 13 year old boy.

[Glaine]

I played a VR space game at Six Flags as a kid and it was pretty cool, when you turned your head, the goggles showed you different parts of the cockpit. You sat in a chair and had to look at ships to aim at them and then shoot them (your head motions controlled a cursor). I remember my head over my shoulder and seeing that the chair you sit in is also rendered in VR, pretty well thought out.

Thats my main issue with these, and why I've never bought one - it isn't a new idea they have made screen glasses for a long, long time. But besides the price, I don't want to buy one until I can try it because I doubt commercial grade glasses will have a very good range and precision for when I try to look around in a VR simulation or FPS, or whatever else I might want to play on it. I don't want a shaky image or bad tracking or small viewing range.

So I've been waiting. Someone is bound to make em good someone day but I'm just leery.

I know why Chad really wants these, he thinks they will make him look almost as cool as the guy on the ad.

[ChadTower]

That guy is righteous.  Look how he raises his fist in indignation at the machine.

These aren't motion tracking glasses.  They're just a display attached to your head.  Nothing VR about them like the game you're describing.

[Glaine]

You are right, they are stationary glasses. I had most of my post written before I even read the system specs. Well then, thats cool enough. And they do look better made than the typical screen "shades" I see. Though I would still want motion sensing really, with an option to turn it on and off.

That guy is righteous

As The Simpsons once said, "Just because you continue to say something does not make it true"  .

[ChadTower]

Though I would still want motion sensing really, with an option to turn it on and off.

The price is the key here.  It's only $350.  Sure, $350 is still $350, but not too long ago crappy barely working headsets were a grand.