From: mailrus!gatech!mit-eddie!media.mit.edu!carltonj@uunet.UU.NET
Subject: Re: INDUSTRY: Virtuality Game: In NY?
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1992 17:36:09 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory



In article <1992Mar20.105624.9390@u.washington.edu> dbarberi@mailbox.syr.edu 
(London W11) writes:

>In the past, cmcl2!panix.com!tonya@uunet.UU.NET (Anthony Attrente) writes:
>
>>I am currently researching VR and havn't been able to locate
>>aw "Virtuality" game machine.  I live in Brooklyn, NY and 
>>heard there was one in Long Island but I am looking for ones
>>in Brooklyn or Manhattan.  If anyone knows of any, please
>>respond ASAP!
>
>   Over Thanksgiving break I played 'virtuality' at the Chelsea/Odean
>   Theatre in Manhattan.  You might try calling them and see if they
>   still have it.  Bring lots of $$$.. it costs $4 for 4 minutes!!

I was at a place in Manhattan called 'Hitters, Hackers, and Hoops' last
weekend and they were advertising 'Virtual Reality - Coming Soon'.  I
assume they meant Virtuality.  

On a side note I was there to play what could be called 'Virtual Golf', a
setup similar to what Sean Connery was playing in Outland.  I suspect
these have been discussed on this list before.  You play in a small room
with a tee mat, a sandtrap mat, and a putting green.  Visual info is
given by a projection on the far wall.

Out of curiosity, with all the VR sports simulations out there, has
anyone experimented with virtual golf using a headmounted display?

Carlton J. Sparrell
Advanced Human Interface Group
MIT Media Laboratory