(5 votes, average: 4.60 out of 5)
This might be the weirdest thing you’ll see this week, but trust me, once you get past the artistic design (yes, this is actually just an art installation), you’ll think it’s pretty cool. The Decelerator Helmet is designed to create a real time, slow motion effect for the person wearing the helmet.
Sitting inside is a small computer that processes the camera feed from the front of the helmet, this computer is controlled wirelessly via a hand held remote which allows the user to select a pre-determined slow-motion setting or control the scale of the slow-motion processing to their own desire. Ummm, yeah, kinda cool right?! What do you guys think?
Despite questioning the purpose of this thing, I wouldn’t knock back trying it!!!
Nice to see something a little different there Aden. Personally I think it’s a cool idea but lacks something in the actual outworking of it don’t you think?
As soon as you slow it down, it doesn’t become live / real time any more, it just becomes a playback so continuing to walk through the train station, she doesn’t actually know what’s happening in front of her because it’s on delay – kind of defeats the purpose of the “real-time” slow motion as it’s not really possible by definition. Perhaps I’m just grumpy on a Thursday morning.
Hey Matt,
Yeah I do agree. Once the reality becomes slowed, its technically not reality any more as by the time they see it, its already moved in physicality. As an art installation/piece, its pretty cool though, which is unfortunately, all it can really be!
lame
Great experiment!
How about hitting a wall and seeing it after 3 seconds
Agree with Matt also, maybe it would work for bird watching not walking through a crowded train station. I would personally feel disconnected from everything and a bit scared by the egg shape helmet
will he be able to dodge bullets..!!
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