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Large article about jDome® in "Din Teknik"!
The monthly magazine Din Teknik has a four page article about the jDome in issue no 9! They tried the jDome in John's basement and the author of the article says: "To stand in front of the jDome is like taking a step into the game. The digital walls and ceiling surrounds your view totally and the surround sound adds to the feel of a world in three dimensions. This is an experience very different from what I usually experience in front of my ordinary 19 inch screen."
Go buy the magazine! (Swedish only)
Read more on Din Teknik's news web...(Swedish only)
The first jDome® prototype has been sold to Dreamhack!
The first jDome prototype has been sold! It is Dreamhack—the world's largest computer festival—who is buying a jDome for 45000 SEK—approximately 4,500 Euro (The final consumer price is estimated to be approximately 150 Euro). By purchasing a prototype of jDome, Dreamhack will be able to let their visitors play games in an entirely new way already the fall of 2008.
The jDome is a half-spherical rear projection system which immerses the gamer inside the game world. Combining the jDome with off-the-shelf hardware and software, the jDome gives a low cost Omnimax-like gaming experience.
From the 11:th to 14:th of September Dreamhack will be exhibiting at Nordstan in Gothenburg, Sweden, and visitors will have the opportunity to try out the jDome innovation, which has received a lot of attention in news media, Youtube and the blogosphere, both national and international. During Dreamhack Winter the jDome will be present, both through the exhibiting jDome team and through Dreamhack, for visitors who want to try the experience of being totally immersed by their favorite games.
-We think this is a very cool way of playing computer games, and Dreamhack finds it very interesting to have its own jDome. It is of course very fun to buy the first one in the world! We will exhibit it at all our events, says Robert Ohlén, CEO Dreamhack.
- This is the proof of something we always felt since the start 4 months ago; that the idea is so good that the customer market is interested and will buy. Even though the jDome mainly is targeted towards home consumers, the jDome is of course very suitable in other situations as well, such as events like Dreamhack and gaming arenas, says John Nilsson, the inventor of jDome.
Read the press release in Swedish at Newsdesk
The IEEE Pervasive Computing magazine covers the jDome®!
In the issue of IEEE Pervasive Computing (no. 3, Jul-Sept 2008) they focus on "The hacking tradition". Among other things, the editors of the New Products department notices the jDome® as "A New Game Experience"! Read the article [pdf]!
Blast Magazine features jDome® in "A step closer to VR gaming?"!
"Leave it to a Swede to think completely outside the box." Check it out at Blast Magazine!Smashing Magazine picks the jDome® as one of the future interfaces!
The article 10 Future Interfaces lists new and impressive user experience ideas. Read more at the Smashing Magazine!First International Exhibition for jDome® - Campus Party!
Check out the highlights from the jDome®'s first international exhibition - Campus Party - in our new video!
What did the Campus Party visitors, people from ASUS and Crytek think about it? Experience Call of Duty 4 in a way you have never done before - the jDome experience.
Please click on "Watch in high quality" directly under viewcount on the YouTube site for the best experience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl_BVaUGaxg
