The Oculas


Multi-purpose isolation pod
We're not quite sure what to make of this, but if you're looking for isolation while in the surroundings of comfort and technology, the Oculas might be for you.

The Oculas can be outfitted with a flat-screen monitor, 5.1 surround sound, PC, Playstation, XBox, and much, much more.

Now if only this thing could fly (think Jetsons....)

"Relax inside an Oculas and experience pure luxurious comfort whilst enjoying the intensity of its brilliant sound and cinematic vision.

WORK inside a secure Oculas environment on the fastest pc computer seamlessly installed for enhanced network conferences and all your business needs wherever you are in the world.

REST in the pure luxury of the comfy interior whilst listening to your favourite sound tracks and bathing in waves of rejuvenating light. Heated leather seating that massages your entire back invigorates your body back to life.

PLAY against other competitors inside the sound booming, vibrating experience of your Oculas. You can see, feel and hear the excitement of fully immersed gaming with live racing, flight simulations and the full range of game console variations."

Designer: Lee McCormack
Link: The Oculas


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Mork calling Ork
Posted by T. B. on 10/1/2004 11:59:00 AM

Come in Ork

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The Heart of Gold
Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox on 10/3/2004 1:55:00 AM

Next May you can see the Oculas in the new Disney film 'Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy", I know because I was in it when they were filming and it is definitely from another planet!!

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Iwannaone
Posted by pilar nogales on 10/15/2004 11:08:00 AM

Where can I find this interestelar house of pleasure?
I have to know who is the manufacturer, please I need it!!!!!

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Posted by saman on 3/6/2005 2:32:00 PM

hi.. interestign subject on pods for living...researching on a similar topic

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wow
Posted by witzpiv on 7/13/2005 12:55:00 PM

too cool!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by wow on 9/3/2005 12:40:00 AM

the oculas runs for 45000 at Hammacher Schlemmer...i wish i had 45000...

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OH MY GOD!
Posted by Danny@Fairburn on 9/5/2005 5:38:00 AM

How sad and lonely would an individual have to be to buy one of these?!!!!

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Sad really...
Posted by Propsmage on 9/13/2005 10:25:00 AM

What an utterly pretentious, useless object. On the other hand -- it doesn't swill gasoline the way that other lack-of-a-sex-life disguise, the Hummer, does...

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3zooz
Posted by abdulaziz on 4/1/2007 8:47:00 AM

how mach it is

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Very sad
Posted by Bobby Knight on 4/18/2007 3:39:00 AM

I agree - how lonely do you have to be to order one of these? Very sad indeed. What about widescreen? The Nintendo Wii?
Utter pretentious rubbish. If you have a spare £35k why don't you go and do something a little more constructive with your money rather than this ego massaging gimic.

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A computer!
Posted by Chris B. on 4/22/2007 9:52:00 AM

A computer? In that little thing? Awsome!!!!!

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sweet
Posted by bob on 4/22/2007 10:13:00 AM

this is really awesome

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Posted by Expensive on 4/22/2007 10:15:00 AM

this is way to expensive. i mean it is $45,000 dollars. you can go buy nice car for that much.

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Posted by 'sdfoaihj'dfakl on 4/22/2007 2:48:00 PM

looks pretty cool...but not for 45000 dollars! i would rather go shopping with that money rather then spend it on something that i would barely have time to sit in...people who want these should go to parties or something instead...their quite fun

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lower the price!
Posted by wow!wow!wow!wow!wow!wow! on 4/22/2007 5:42:00 PM

that is a way cool thingy-ma-jig! i want 1! but its way to expencive for me. only the really rich people with money burning a hole in their pockets would buy it. and they are a rarity! anyway, wouln't 25000 be enough. i mean i could buy all that stuff it has and put it in a cool box with money to spare!

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Posted by james on 4/22/2007 6:48:00 PM

Can i borrow $45,000 from anyone?

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Posted by ryan on 4/23/2007 5:17:00 PM

I think this thing is heck neat

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Wow
Posted by Matt on 4/24/2007 12:39:00 PM

I have always wanted an Oculas since I saw the February issue of National Geographic and I never thought about looking it up until now, and all hope was lost: $45,000.

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COOL!, but not worth the $
Posted by Jess on 4/24/2007 4:04:00 PM

OK, i was sooooo exited when i saw this thing in my NG kids magazine! i thought it whoud be 9000$ish so i looked it up and saw 45,000$= wow, wont be gwetting that anymore, i mean dont u agree its pretty amazing but not worth the money, i can make it for wayyyy less! its neat, but ill prob. never get it! (the price will go down in the future, BUT in the "future EVERYTHING will be like this!) cool tho!:)

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I can't belive it!
Posted by :'( on 4/24/2007 4:51:00 PM

The Oculas is $45,000 I want one so bad if I invited 45,000 people to my birthday party and everyone gave me 1 dollar it would be the best birthday anyone would have ever had. Who wants to come to my birthday party?

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CAN't BELIEVE IT!
Posted by BOB! on 4/24/2007 5:50:00 PM

Oh my gosh!!! I saw it in my ng kids magazine and i wanted to buy one. I thought it would be about 10000, but 45000. Thats just to much!the person that made it should have priced it lower. lol...

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why so much?!
Posted by nate on 4/27/2007 12:14:00 PM

its cool. i need 1 because of my little bro and sis. its way 2 much. i could get a car for that $. can u lower it down to $1000. please!!!!!!

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price
Posted by loopy on 4/27/2007 7:11:00 PM

I saw it in my ng magazine to i thought it would be
like $500 but 45000 is to much.

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Toooooooooooooooooo much :[
Posted by gamedog on 4/28/2007 4:33:00 PM

I saw this in ng Kids i thought it would be 1000-2000 range,bUT 45000 THAT IS waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuuuch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bring down the$$$

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What?
Posted by tiffany on 4/29/2007 12:53:00 PM

Not to be rude or anything but, I think $45000 is a little bit to much....I mean if you were rich, wealthy and famous it wouldnt be. I would just like to say thow its a great invention!! I couldnt afford it thow it cost about maybe half the price of my house! But I think its a great invention I would dearly LOVE to have one!!!! Thanks to these inventors we now could have peace. But like i said I cant and will never. These inventors are GREAT!!!!! Thank You for your time of reading this. P.S. I'll try to save up for one I only have thow $1,300.

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umm lower the dang price
Posted by spike2000 on 5/3/2007 8:27:00 AM

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!! this thing is DA BOMB!!!!!

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PLZ LOWER THE PRICE!!
Posted by Spike2000 on 5/3/2007 8:29:00 AM

lower the dang price so people could actually buy it!!! i mean at $45,000 is way toooooooo much and only like 10 people can afford it if that and if you wanna make money........LOWER THE PRICE TO ABOUT $10,000!!!!! Thank you for your time have a good day and lower the price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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super COOL!!!!
Posted by system of a michel on 5/3/2007 6:10:00 PM

This thing is so cool!! I would use it every day!!
$45,000 is a little pricy. But heck! it's worth a try!!

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saving
Posted by brynna on 5/4/2007 6:42:00 AM

I love the idea of a personal space to be in but maby you couled at least lower the prie abot 2,000 dollars because I have alittle sis and she can get REALLY anyoing when I get a job I might conciter it or maby if you lower the price in the summer Im doing chors fore money then Ill have more but risht now im omly at about $400 but im doing my best

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really cool
Posted by Stevenmony on 5/4/2007 9:55:00 AM

i wish i could afford one

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i want it
Posted by arianna on 5/27/2007 8:11:00 AM

I saw the oculas in national geographic kids and searched for it on the internet but when i saw how much it costed, i was like "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Uh, let me think... NO!!!
Posted by PLEASE LOWER THE PRICE!!!!!!!! on 6/20/2007 10:56:00 PM

Lower the dang price people! gosh!

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soooo coooool but waaaaay 2 pricey
Posted by Dr.Pepper on 6/22/2007 10:03:00 AM

i saw this in my ng magazine and i thought it would be super-de-duper cool 2 have 1. i have an annoying little sis and an annoying big bro. i could reaslly use one of these. by the way does it have a lock on the door so while ur in it nobody can open it? and lower the dang price if u wont 2 sell more!!!!!!!

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Awesome But Outragess
Posted by wish28 on 7/17/2007 3:21:00 PM

I would love to buy this product, but someone please tell me why it costs so much! I could buy a really nice car with the rediculas ammount of money that this thing costs. If someone knows about a website (not ebay) that would sell this thing for real cheap, please let me know.

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AWSOME BUT FRICKEN CRAZY
Posted by Eric on 7/31/2007 10:32:00 PM

JESUS CHRIST!!!!!i saw in ng kids and wanted one but for 45k?just a little over my head(around 35k).But still very cool. My lil bro is annoying and I could use some time too myself.How big is it?The person in the pic barely fits.Ima wait till 2009 to get one.(but il be 16 then and ill just use my FLYING CAR!!!)lol

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GOSH LOWER THE PRICE!!!!!
Posted by Kristin on 8/26/2007 11:25:00 AM

I have had a idea sort of like this in my head for a long time,and then I saw this in the NG Kids mag and I loved it! I completely forgot my idea and looked this up. I thought I might be able to afford it but NEVERMIND!! I could make one of these and still have money leftover!

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HOLY CROW!!!
Posted by Not Telling on 8/27/2007 3:44:00 PM

I NEED one of those!!!I have 2 younger sisters and 1 younger brother.WHAT TERROR IS WORSE!!!But,golly gosh,$45,000.00,thats a pain in the but,too.I'd rather be stuffed and mounted on my pa's wall.

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LOWER DA PRICE!!
Posted by too much moola!!! on 9/13/2007 5:19:00 PM

Please lower da price!!! so many more people would buy one if it was less!!!! heck, i would buy 1!! i mean come on. it is cool but is it really worth that??? PLEASE LOWER IT I NEEEEEEED ONE SOOOOOO BAD!!

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awsome
Posted by yanik on 10/23/2007 3:09:00 PM

that is so cool i wish i had one or 45000 bucks

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oh
Posted by karrie on 10/26/2007 5:07:00 PM

if u have money and time and dont have a brain, this is the thing for you ya its cool but it MIGHT be a LITTLE cramped (major sarcasm)

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money
Posted by bol on 11/28/2007 6:06:00 PM

way too much cash for me lol

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mmm
Posted by mikey on 1/30/2008 9:33:00 AM

the guy that designed this thing is rad, lee mcormack or something. he has teamed up with mclaren to deliver this product. Even with mclaren backing the oculas i still expected the price to be around 4k max, not 45k that seams ridiculous, i didn't realize there was a market for such loners. Great product, great design, fancy gadgets, but can't imagine telling the misses she can't watch a movie with my cos im gonna lock myself in my little pod(of which i had to sell your mum's kidney to pay for).

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rubbish
Posted by nick on 2/6/2008 8:55:00 AM

i help make these at Bowes in kent, (england) and trust me they cost hardly anythink to make , cheap fibre glass work and paint job ! but why not sell it for $45000 because if its that much people with money will buy it and they must have alot of it to be able to waste it on a toy for themselves so fair play to the owners . cheers nick

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so coooool!!!!!!!!!
Posted by KKKKKKKKK on 2/6/2008 2:49:00 PM

this is so cool! i want one so badly!!!!!!!!!

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Rubbish, just rubbish
Posted by Rachelle on 2/14/2008 4:51:00 PM

WOW!!! is all i have to say, i reeeaaaaalllllyyyy need one of those. I acctually thought i can afford it. So i looked on the web and man $45,000.00 is WAY 2 much i mean it's nice and all but i have been doin' my reaserch and all and i can buy a really nice car and still have enough money left over. And i am only 10. Trust me if you want to ever sell one of those then you have to lower the dang price. I mean not to be rude or anything but LOWER THE DANG PRICE. PLEASE!?

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Think about it people
Posted by My mate Dave on 2/25/2008 6:14:00 AM

Think about it. The only person likely to actually NEED one of these is someone that has such a stressful job they need to 'rejuvenate in light'... hence there only selling these to the type of person with serious wedge, so why not sell it for £25k. They'd probably get a matching set...

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