Phillips SCUBA thing...!!?!?!?

[Atari 5200]

Anyone know the value of this? I paid 10 bucks for it. It's basically a TV on your head and I guess is supposed to look like a virtual reality thing. Obviously I don't use it because I look stupid with it on.;)

Front:

http://i6.tinypic.com/6yyxr47.jpg

Back:

http://i19.tinypic.com/71myd1v.jpg

[otoko]

do you have all the parts?

[Atari 5200]

Yeah, I've got all the parts. Here is a part that I didn't take a pic of:


Front:

http://i4.tinypic.com/6tdsaj6.jpg

Back:

http://i2.tinypic.com/6yebez8.jpg

When I bought it, it didn't have an adaptor that came especially for it so I've used my uni adaptor to see if it works. It works fine and has good video quality. But it's really uncomfortable and I would only use it if I had no other tv or screen.

[udisi]

I remember a lot of people making these around 2000. Sony made them too. They're essentially like having a big screen TV on your head as they wrap around and give you that emersive feeling. Sony used to sell them on their web site for like 3 or 3 grand. I have no idea what they would go for now, but I always thought they were cool.

[MrSparkle]

a friend of mine has a similar thing, a few of them actually he offered to sell me one for 100 he got them for 500 each a few years ago i think but ebaying similar products would give you the best estimate of its value though this one does look paticularly bulky lol

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

According to a review of the Fall 1998 Comdex:

Philips' Scuba VR Visor
(Announced but unfortunately absent from the massive Philips booth, the second largest at Comdex) For $299 you can virtually step inside your favorite game worlds by donning this 1.2 pound Virtual Reality helmet. Scuba is unique among consumer-level VR headgear in that it also provides head tracking. Even better, your head position is sent through your PC's mouse port which means that most existing first-person 3D games will already work with Scuba.

http://www.reviewsonline.com/CDXPROD.HTM

From what I found on-line, the reviews weren't that great.

JY

[Atari 5200]

Thanks to everyone and all the help that you gave! Case CLOSED!