New hi-tech devices such as roll-up 65-inch TVs, personal IMAX theatres, augmented reality goggles and surround-sound headphones are transforming the living space into a digital realm.
When the Atari 2600 was released in 1977, video games – which up until then (and for the cost of a few coins) could only be played on large stand-up console units in amusement arcades – found their way into people’s homes.
Families began to shape their living rooms into a space where they could “power up” into the digital world, and play popular games like Pac-Man to their hearts’ content.
Gaming has come a long way since then, which got me wondering… might the latest generation of “game changing” technologies prompt further reshaping of our living rooms, now and in the future?
Screens that are picture-perfect and paper-thin
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LG has announced that, later this year, it is launching a 65-inch 4K TV – the LG OLED Canyon – which can be rolled up like a poster into a box, so you can tuck the screen away to reduce clutter.
Tech watchers anticipate that foldable OLED screens will become increasingly sophisticated, and will eventually be so affordable that we’ll all be plastering our walls with them.
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An IMAX Dome Theatre – at home
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Source: Scmp