Many of us are already aware of the Ataribox, something that sounds like an attempt to follow in the footsteps of the Ouya project. But you may not have heard about this.

On what appears to be an introduction to the "Atarilife" brand of lifestyle products, Atari has a splashpage dedicated to the virtues of this new product.

What is a Speakerhat?

A new listening experience
The Atari Speakerhat is a baseball-style cap with high-fidelity stereo speakers and microphone that can connect instantly to any Bluetooth-enabled device.

Connect to any smartphone, tablet, personal computer to play any music or other media content, initiate or accept phone calls, receive voice commands, etc.

The Atari Speakerhat feels natural and normal to wear for long periods of time, and achieves a balance of weight vs. sound quality and functionality. The intent is to continuously improve on design and engineering, until the technology is completely invisible.

Interested parties also have the chance to sign up for a future beta program.


http://www.atarilife.com/

 

[smileyhead]

can't wait for more arseholes listening to music on speakers on max volume on the street.

 

[The Catboy]

No! Bad Atari!

You're suppose to be making a new system, not this shit! Do you want to go under again?

 

[smileyhead]

No! Bad Atari!
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You're suppose to be making a new system, not this shit! Do you want to go under again?

Let me help

 

[RedoLane]

It's not a cool hat if it wasn't included in TF2.

 

[hippy dave]

Checked the calendar, it's not April 1st, now I'm not sure what's going on.

 

[Thirty3Three]

Can it blast audio? If so, can't get more "douchebag" than this.

Pro tip: for extra effect, wear it in a way which does not block out the sun; i.e. Sideways or up and to the left.

 

[BlueFox gui]

wtf is that
we're back to 90s or something?
soon they will show some power glove copy or "kinect"

 

[Hurtz007]

Oh, and...bluetooth hacking will lead to a new low in embarrassing moments caused by technology (trending youtube video in 2018: guy walks around in the street with cap on, followed by sneaky hacker/camera operator. Guy passes a woman. Cap suddenly shouts at full force "HEY DARLING! YOU WANNA HANG OUT IN THE BACK OF MY CAR???!!!").

I'd so see myself doing that... like being the hacker/cameraman

 

[tbb043]

This sounds like one of those "company in name only" products where they take a once-great brand and apply it to things that were made by some unknown company in the middle of nowhere. A good example of this is Polaroid. The Polaroid company doesn't exist anymore; the name is merely used for licensing.

Don't forget Coleco!

 

[Mariko]

Oh yeah ... Bring on more retards who listen to music on speaker, because now that Chester Bennington is dead, everyone just has to hear that Good Goodbye blasting from the peaks of their speaker-caps. This is as ridiculous as emery board fretboard or watch-wallet.

 

[Alm]

Soon the Atari will make a collaboration with Jordan and make "Jordan Retros Atari's" with Speakers xD
(It's sarcasm guys)

 

[Xabring]

is this a torture device for people with a specific Synesthesia or what is this? this thing isn't exactly subtle, for calls.

 

[Pluupy]

It's all fun and games until your grandma washes your baseball cap.

 

[Alex4U]

i will buy it just for the "Atari" logo, not for the spearkers. so weird.

 

[Deleted User]

This.... is not a good idea. Nobody really remembers Atari for their hats, because they never really did hats. These will sell a little bit, at best. It's more of a novelty.
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Also, on a partially different note, Atari is doing a gleam giveaway for these hats. I'm not going to buy it, but giveaways are cool, so if anyone wants to try it, I got the link below, so you don't have to sign up for their newsletter just for a link. Good luck!
Free Speakerhat Giveaway

Last time I checked, referral links are against the rules. Nice try sneaking it in

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Atari are a few months late for April 1st...

Last time I checked, referral links are against the rules. Nice try sneaking it in

I believe it's OK as long as he's not advertising.

 

[Xzi]

wtf is that
we're back to 90s or something?
soon they will show some power glove copy or "kinect"

I'll take a next-gen power glove for Switch pls and thnx.

 

[BlueFox gui]

I'll take a next-gen power glove for Switch pls and thnx.

ehm no

 

[Noctosphere]

meh, not for me thx

 

[VinsCool]

I would have liked to have this... 15 years ago maybe.