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- From: rwillis@hubcap.clemson.edu (Richard "Crash" Willis)
- Subject: Re: VR theme park
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.160621.19889@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:06:21 GMT
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- "Carey D. Clevenger" <cc79+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
-
- >-->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
-
- >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
-
- To add a tidbit I'd heard, the Battletech VR place in Chicago is called
- Virtuality (sp?) I think, and I have also heard that they are opening up
- one here in the south, in Charlote, N.C. early this year. Please note that
- this IS rumor, I haven't heard anything official myself. Can anyone confirm or deny? In addition, I'd also heard that they were going to have a game
- based on the airsled/fight sequence in Lawnmower Man called Pyerdactyl
- or something like that. No idea why they are naming it after a flying
- dinosaur, but it sounds cool!
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