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JAHRESRUECKBLICK 2006 - AUSLAND - JAPAN TOSHIBA COMPUTER SPIELE: Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. employee Aira Hotta demonstrates a full-faced prototype headgear that enables her to get a close to 360-degree view on a dome-shaped screen as her colleagues look on at Toshiba Corporate Research and Development Center in Kawasaki, west of Tokyo,Monday, October 23, 2006. The omnidirectional image will be projected on the 40 centimeters (15.8 inches) across screen inside the 2.7-kilogram (5.95-pound) helmet in accordance with the wearer's head position upon being detected by infrared sensors. Toshiba, which plans to market the gadget within 2 to 3 years, aiming at attracting people such as virtual reality gamers, said the wearers can get 160 degrees in a horizontal plane and 120 degrees in a vertical plane from any angles their heads turn. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)