Avatar Machine
Avatar Machine is a custom rig designed so the wearer can see themselves in the third person, as if they were playing an online game.
The virtual communities created by online games have provided us with a new medium for social interaction and communication. Avatar Machine is a system which replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface. The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment.
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The Epoq EMP-CVWD-2 is a watch which plays MP4 video on a 1.8 inch screen. The watch also serves as a photo viewer and MP3 player, and is disguised as a regular dress watch. The 2GB model costs $199.95, although a 4GB model will be available as well. Because, really, the world ... / Continue →
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Nixon's Lodown digital watch is pre-programmed with tide charts for 200 beaches around the world for the next 15 years. It uses a backlit LCD screen which shows a pixel graph of the current surf height. It's made from reinforced polycarbonate, is water resistant up to 100 meter... / Continue →
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The catapult watch is exactly what it sounds like, a watch that's also a catapult. It shoots BBs, dried peas, basically anything you can fit into the little launcher on the face. It's made out of stainless steel and claims to be able to shoot the projectiles up to 8 feet across... / Continue →
