Remember that wacky idea of zooming down the street in a modified OutRun machine, where instead of looking at the road ahead you're looking at a monitor that reinterprets the environment as video game graphics? Well here's something similar but even wackier, if that can be believed...

... I'll just let the creator explain for himself this time:

"Avatar Machine is a system which replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface. The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment."

Gotcha. I must admit, the whole concept is actually pretty neat and totally trippy. But that outfit is so art school that it's not even funny. Via Today and Tomorrow.