Panasonic has a digital wall in their Tokyo office that should be on the market in four years or so. No specs listed, but Gizmodo says it's twice the size of a 110" display, has a touchscreen built in, and connects up to video and computer sources (Gizmodo also has some pictures of the wall in action).
Gizmodo namechecks Swcharzenegger in Total Recall, but the pictures put me more in mind of Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt." (Especially since Panasonic seems to be demonstrating it as something you'd buy for a kid's room.)
They ran into the nursery. The veldtland was empty save for the lions waiting, looking at them. "Peter, Wendy?"
The door slammed.
"Wendy, Peter!"
George Hadley and his wife whirled and ran back to the door.
"Open the door!" cried George Hadley, trying the knob. "Why, they've locked it from the outside! Peter!" He beat at the door. "Open up!"
He heard Peter's voice outside, against the door.
"Don't let them switch off the nursery and the house," he was saying. Mr. and Mrs. George Hadley beat at the door. "Now, don't be ridiculous, children. It's time to go. Mr. McClean'll be here in a minute and..."
And then they heard the sounds.
The lions on three sides of them, in the yellow veldt grass, padding through the dry straw, rumbling and roaring in their throats.
The lions.
Mr. Hadley looked at his wife and they turned and looked back at the beasts edging slowly forward crouching, tails stiff.
Mr. and Mrs. Hadley screamed.
And suddenly they realized why those other screams bad sounded familiar.
This could make The Lion King a little more interesting.
[via Gizmodo]
Posted by johndanseven at January 12, 2006 05:20 PM