Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️May 15, 2023

So at this week's electronics fair, I found a weird VR headset prototype. No names on it, and it says "prototype/not for resale". I took it apart to figure out who made it, and completely failed. It's weeeird:

https://www.tumblr.com/foone/717333209614090240/

Foone Turing

Some cameras: MD102AA (2x) & MD101BA (1x) There’s a CPU in it: An ADSP-Analog Devices BF592, 400mhz Blackfin. That can’t be the main CPU, though? Storage: SDIN8CE4-128G (128GB eMMC) Connectivity: QCN…

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Show thread⠵⠻⠷⠕⠭ 🍥🍉⚪🌹May 15, 2023
@foone This is how The Peripheral starts
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦May 15, 2023
@z3r0fox @foone yeah, indeed - although people in the replies are WAAAAAY too eager to try on/try out what could be a tool to intentionally trigger seizures.
Show threadSimon Frankau
@kboyd @z3r0fox @foone Why stop there? :) https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game
Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the Game

The man who created the Oculus Rift has invented a virtual reality headset that will explode the forebrain of a user who dies in a video game.

May 16, 2023 at 7:08amWeb