Healing Theater Umine from Takara Tomy

Written by: Michael Keferl on August 21, 2007 at 4:09 pm | In Technology & Gadget Trends |

The Umine Projector Healing Theater from Takara Tomy creates the feeling of being underwater by projecting wavering and evolving images onto your ceiling.
The technology is similar to that of the Aurora Palette, but goes beyond it by mixing subtly changing blue/green LED lights and includes an audio function.

As the diffuser plate rotates over the LEDs, a deep and strong image is projected onto the ceiling. We’ve seen it in person, and its misty projection makes it look like you’re in the sea, looking up into the light streaming in.

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Internally, Umine has four optional audio modes, featuring ambient sounds and accompanying lights for the Beach, Dolphins, Deep Sea, and Jungle.

To play your own tunes via iPod (or whatever), simply connect your audio player to the input and lay back to relax. The visuals will change with the music as it’s piped through the Umine’s internal speaker.

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To truly see what the Umine Projector can do, check out the video below:

The Umine Projector Healing Theater is available online HERE.

Pictures via Takara Tomy

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  1. I really like the idea of this and it does look great, but the video of it looks like a bluish blur and nothing more.

    I guess it’s not an experience that translated accurately through youtube compression.

    Comment by Seth — August 24, 2007 #

  2. I wonder if they make delivery in Québec, Canada.

    Comment by Doris — August 24, 2007 #

  3. the video of it looks like a bluish blur and nothing more.

    Check out the online shop link below the video. I took much better video up close and personal. I don’t know how they create that “misty” effect, but it’s pretty cool.

    Comment by lawrence — August 25, 2007 #

  4. Double takes…

    Pear tree lights, via Apartment Therapy. Aerogel, via Cool Hunting…….

    Trackback by Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women — August 25, 2007 #

  5. Nice, but I wonder what the tech specs are.
    voltage etc.
    Does it contain a lamp or leds?

    How random are the sounds (every time the same riddle would be annoying…then you can predict when the next call of the dolphin comes)
    . . . .

    Comment by ElementalG — September 8, 2007 #

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