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This file contains info about companies that manufacture VR systems or related
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components, VR consultants and VR publishers. More detailed descriptions of
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the offered products and services follow in the next upload. Comments,
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additions & corrections welcome !
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UK Companies
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Dimension International 0734 810 077 Fax 816 940
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Zephyr One Calleva Park, Aldermaston, Berkshire RG7 4QZ
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"Superscape" PC-based VR, uses 34020 graphics card to speed things up. A demo
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of their SW for straight PC VGA is in library 13 file VRDEMO.ZIP.
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Division 0454 324 527 F 323 059
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Quarry Rd., Bristol BS17 6AX
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80860-based VR. "Vision VR" hi-end system with multiple 80860s. PC-based
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lo-end system with one 80860 and one Sharp HSSP per eye.
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Real World Graphics 0992 554 442 F 827
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5 Bluecoats Ave., Hertford SG14 1PB
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80860-based VR systems. "SuperReality" with multiple 80860s and texturing
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ASICs on VME cards. Lo-end "Reality PC" has a four-processor PC card with
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stereo framebuffer. Specialising in flight simulation.
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W.Industries 0533 542 127 F 548 222
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3 Oswin Rd., Brailsford Industrial Park, Leicester LE3 1HR
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"Virtuality" arcade VR.
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US Companies
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3D Imagetek 818 507 1269 F 8537
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4525-B San Fernando Rd., Glendale, CA 91204
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Helmet Mounted Displays (HMDs)
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Ascension Technologies 802 6557 879
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P.O.Box 527, Burlington, VE 05402
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"Bird" family of magnetic position sensors.
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Crystal River Engineering 209 962 6382
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12350 Wards Ferry Rd., Groveland, CA 95321
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"Convolvotron" 3D-audio DSP PC card.
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Cyberedge 415 383 2458 F 389 0251
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928 Greenhill Rd., Mill Valley, CA 94941
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"Cyberedge" newsletter
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Exos 617 229 2075
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8 Blanchard Rd, Burlington, MA 01803
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"Dexterous Hand Master" instrumented glove.
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Fake Space Labs 415 688 1940 F 1949
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935 Hamilton Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025
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"BOOM" (Binocular Omni Orientation Monitor) boom-mounted stereo monitor.
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Interesting alternative to standard HMDs.
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Gyration 408 255 3016
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12930 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga CA 95070
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"GyroEngine" cheap & tiny gyroscope position sensor. "Gyropoint" 3D-mouse.
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Leep Systems 617 647 1395 F 899 9602
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241 Crescent St., Waltham, MA 02154
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"Cyberface" HMDs, optics for HMDs.
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Logitech 415 795 8500
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Ultrasound position sensor, 3D-mouse
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Meckler Publishing 203 226 6967 F 454 5840
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11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880
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"VR Report" newsletter, VR books.
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Polhemus 802 655 3159 F 1439
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P.O.Box 560 Colchester, VE 05446
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"3-Space Isotrak" magnetic position sensor
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Reflection Technology 617 890 5905 F 18
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230 Second Ave., Waltham, MA 02154
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"Private Eye" LED-based monochrome HMD.
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Sense8 415 331 6318
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Sausalito, CA
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"WorldToolKit" low cost PC-based VR C-library. Uses Intel DVI cards to get
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fast texture mapping.
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Simgraphics Engineering 213 255 0900
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1137 Huntingdon Dr., South Pasadena, CA 91030
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Hi-end VR on Silicon Graphics workstations, consulting. "VR-Workbench" and
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"BodyBuilder" software.
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Telepresence Research 415 325 8951
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635 High St., Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Scott Fisher and Brenda Laurel. Consulting.
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Virtual Technologies 415 599 2331
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"CyberWear" instrumented clothing (gloves, suits).
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VPL Research 415 361 1710 F 1845
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656 Bair Island Rd., Suite 304, Redwood City, CA 94063
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Hi-end VR on Silicon Graphics workstations.
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Two companies I haven't been able to locate yet:
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Virtual Research
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"Flight Helmet" HMD
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Spatial Systems
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"Spaceball" 3D pointing device.
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CDN Companies
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Shooting Star Technology 604 298 8574
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1921 Holdom Ave., Burnaby, BC, V5B 3W4
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Mechanical position sensor
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