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- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:42:56 -0500
- From: "Carey D. Clevenger" <cc79+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: VR theme park
- In-Reply-To: <C144CE.EGF@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
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- -->VR theme parks in south east asia --- I heard that the US already had -->one
- --> based on Robotech, big robots, a number linked together on the field,
- --> a range of armnament, generally 'neat' ---- don't know where it
- -->was based
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- Somebody tried this a few years ago--they were going to open big
- "BattleTech Arenas" in shopping malls, similar to the "Photon Arenas"
- that started in the early 80's. I never saw one--whether they really did
- have them or not, I am not sure. I just remember hearing that they cost
- about $1 mill each and were multi-player interactive.
-
- Carey
-