RobertoOrtiz
08-29-2005, 04:47 PM
Quote:
"Ever wish you could experience the "holodeck," the 3-D virtual environment aboard the Starship Enterprise? There's a company that believes it's come close, letting video game players play with huge, high-definition screens that envelop the user.
HoloDek, which takes its name from the "Star Trek" series, has been testing out the concept in Hampton for about a year.
"This is a movie theater for gamers," Mike Fortier, vice president for technology at HoloDek, told The Boston Globe.
The company's test site features 42 gaming stations with high-speed personal computers and high-definition screens ranging in size from 17 inches to 13 feet.
Then there's the "half-pipe," which features a screen that is 20 feet wide and 12 feet high. Another creation is a sphere, which is 20 feet in diameter and eventually will offer a 360-degree wraparound gaming effect. The gamer sits inside the sphere on a robot that rumbles, banks, and spins out, providing many of the same effects as a flight simulator."
>>Link<< (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050829/ap_on_hi_te/movie_theater_gaming)
-R
"Ever wish you could experience the "holodeck," the 3-D virtual environment aboard the Starship Enterprise? There's a company that believes it's come close, letting video game players play with huge, high-definition screens that envelop the user.
HoloDek, which takes its name from the "Star Trek" series, has been testing out the concept in Hampton for about a year.
"This is a movie theater for gamers," Mike Fortier, vice president for technology at HoloDek, told The Boston Globe.
The company's test site features 42 gaming stations with high-speed personal computers and high-definition screens ranging in size from 17 inches to 13 feet.
Then there's the "half-pipe," which features a screen that is 20 feet wide and 12 feet high. Another creation is a sphere, which is 20 feet in diameter and eventually will offer a 360-degree wraparound gaming effect. The gamer sits inside the sphere on a robot that rumbles, banks, and spins out, providing many of the same effects as a flight simulator."
>>Link<< (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050829/ap_on_hi_te/movie_theater_gaming)
-R