Do you like to escape from the real world for awhile? You know, tap into virtual reality and feel like you're driving a race car or climbing a mountain? Well up until now, virtual reality users could only view a 60-degree horizontal field with head-mounted gear. So basically, you were just getting half of the whole picture.

Sensics has developed a way for VR users to delve into a wider field of view, based on eMagin OLEDs. It's called the piSight head-mounted virtual reality system, and it features 24-bit color, panoramic 150-degree views in 3D. The piSight can display 2200x1200 pixels per eye and offers an integrated precision motion tracker with six degrees of freedom. Plus, it weighs just 2 lbs.

Without getting too technical, the piSight uses 12 microdisplays for each eye, and are combined to form one large, wrap-around image.

piSight systems are available now, and I'll let you know for how much when I hear back from the company.

Read eMagin's press release.

UPDATE: Well, I heard back from Sensics, and they said that the piSight is not meant for the consumer market; rather, it's for "very high-end applications such as military training and simulation, automotive design and others." DARN. But, that doesn't mean it won't make its way into your hands in a couple of years.