As with quite a few things unveiled at CEDIA Expos, the Ovei is also aimed squarely at folks with wallets so fat they can hardly contain themselves. This home cinema pod made its most recent debut at the CEDIA UK show, where the creators explained that users could slip into the air-conditioned capsule and control their home theater and / or gaming experience via the built-in touchscreen. We are told that it was designed by Lee McCormack and engineered by McLaren Applied Technologies, but aside from that, pretty much everything else remains a mystery. The Ovei can be ordered up now for around £50,000 (that's 100,000 of those depreciating greenbacks), but if you get 'em to toss in some foot pedals and a steering wheel (or whatever else you dream up), count on that figure heading north in a hurry.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Seanross @ Jul 3rd 2008 7:05AM
i wonder how comfy it is.. I wanna try one out.
J.Goodwin @ Jul 3rd 2008 10:34AM
Kind of reminds me of a SEGA R360 machine.
Strangely, it costs more, and doesn't feature 360 degree cockpit rotation with force feedback.
tifosiotaku @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:23PM
... what the hell is that?
BrokenMonkey @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:25PM
This has been around for years in the Sharper Image catalog (might have been in Hammacher Schlemmer too)