Oculus Rift Guillotine Simulation 120
An anonymous reader tipped us to news of an interesting hack for the Oculus Rift: a simulation of being beheaded by a Guillotine. Thrown together in a couple of days at the Exile Code Jam, the simulation lets you... "look around to see the blade above, the crowd of onlookers around them, and the executioner who signals the blade be dropped. It also enhances the experience when someone watches the blade falling on a nearby screen and taps the user on the back of the neck at the time of impact."
Just a bit morbid. There's a video of people "playing" (nsfw language in a few reactions to being virtually beheaded).
It's cool and all, (Score:5, Funny)
No monitor required. (Score:5, Funny)
The simulation runs headless.
Re:It's cool and all, (Score:2, Funny)
You sure? Coz it's "cutting" edge.
Re:It's cool and all, (Score:5, Funny)
My name is Robespierre (Score:3, Funny)
And I am imagining a Beowulf cluster of these.
Re:It's cool and all, (Score:5, Funny)
Hardware on the cutting edge rarely is. This is not going to allow the Rift to get ahead of the game. The idea is all right, but the execution is all wrong.
Re:Funny to tap them on the neck (Score:5, Funny)
Even funnier if they're still around for the aftermath of the joke. Don't decapitate --- just a precise shot of paralytic to the top of the spinal cord, followed by a photorealistic rendering (through the goggles) of the goggles being removed... to reveal the severed-head's view of the "real world" simulation room. Dim lights to black; leave them there to contemplate.
Re:put it on death row and people may not want to (Score:5, Funny)
put it on death row and people may not want to end up there.
As opposed to now, where people are clamoring to get in?
Re:It's cool and all, (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know... some of these puns are pretty sharp.
Re:It's cool and all, (Score:4, Funny)
And really edgy!