From: strick@cedar.hao.ucar.edu (Douglas Strickland) Subject: INDUSTRY: VR company stocks Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 13:44:14 GMT Organization: High Alititude Observatory/NCAR, Boulder CO Hello, A while ago, I posted an article requesting information on VR companies that offer stocks to the public. Here is a summary of what I received. =========================================================================== Virtual Reality Laboratories Inc 2341 Ganador Court San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 545-8515 Although they offer no stock options at present, they are keeping a list of investors in the event they decide to offer shares, etc in the near future. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sense 8 Corporation (not public) 4000 Bridgeway, #101 Sausalito, CA 94965 (415)331-6318 - Developer of WorldToolKit and related software --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Research 1313 Socorro Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (408) 739-7114 - Developer of Virtual Research Flight Helment (HMD). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kopin Corp. traded on the NASDAQ under name "KOPIN" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Reality Inc. traded over the counter on electronic bulletin board as "VIRT". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oz...International Inc. For more information on Oz, please enquire with William Bricken who is the principal scientist at HITL (Human Interface Technology Lab.) of the University of Washington. He is available at: william@hitl.washington.edu ========================================================================= I sincerely thank all those who contributed to the above. If anyone has anything new, please mail to me and I will be glad to post an updated version. Mike Shen shen@euler.cpi.com [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Let's not forget the first company of VR software, Alias Research, Inc., of Toronto. After a blistering start selling superb graphics software, the company adventurously initiated a major VR development program. Unfortunately, the program, like a lot of shareholders (including me), got burned when accounting irregularities torpedoed the firm's success, last year. Now SGI has a major stakein the firm, but now the SEC is investigating deals made by Alias in the past (and present?). What a shame. A good team got aced when manage- ment succumbed to the "going public" syndrome. -- Bob Jacobson]