Daikun
08-30-2005, 08:43 PM
For those who haven't heard about this yet, a company called HoloDek is allowing gamers to play video games on huge screens at movie theaters.
Source: USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/games/2005-08-29-gaming-movie-style_x.htm)
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.
And 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.
HoloDek, which takes its name from Star Trek, has been testing this out in Hampton for about a year, and they're currently talking with movie theater chains about installing HoloDeks inside existing theaters.
I can't wait for this. This is just so exciting!
Source: USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/games/2005-08-29-gaming-movie-style_x.htm)
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.
And 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.
HoloDek, which takes its name from Star Trek, has been testing this out in Hampton for about a year, and they're currently talking with movie theater chains about installing HoloDeks inside existing theaters.
I can't wait for this. This is just so exciting!