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Companies that manufacture VR systems or components;
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VR consultants , newsletters, books, BBS and homebrew VR groups.
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F means FAX (only digits different from voice # given),
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trademarks in " ",
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where available, the name of the the founder/CEO is included
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Abbreviations: HMD head mounted display, PS position sensor, CIS Compuserve
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UK Companies
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Air Muscle
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Unit 12 Orchard Close, Cranfield, Bedford MK4 3OHX
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Hennequin, Jim
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"Teletact" glove with mini-airbag force feeback
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"Datacq" force input glove
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user 1 grabs something with Datacq, user 2 feels it with Teletact
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Dimension International
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(0734) 810 077 Fax 816 940
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Zephyr One Calleva Park, Aldermaston, Berkshire RG7 4QZ
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"Superscape" VR SW, for workstations or PC (with 34020 graphics card)
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Division
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(0454) 324 527 F 323 059
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Quarry Rd., Bristol BS17 6AX
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Barron, Ian
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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 Toshiba TC8512 3D-chip per eye.
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Real World Graphics
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(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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Virtual Presence Ltd
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071 253 9699 F 490 8968
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25 Corsham St., London N16DR
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Consultancy
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Virtual S
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The Limes, 123 Mortlake High Street, SW14 8SN London,
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(081) 392 9000 F 2424
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Capon, Ian
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Consultancy
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W.Industries
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(0533) 542 127 F 548 222
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3 Oswin Rd., Brailsford Industrial Park, Leicester LE3 1HR
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Waldern, Jonathan
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"Visette" HMD
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"Virtuality" arcade VR systems
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US Companies
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3D Imagetek
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(818) 507 1269 F 8537
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4525-B San Fernando Rd., Glendale, CA 91204
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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", "Flock of birds" family of magnetic PS
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Autodesk, Inc.
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2320 Marinship Way, Sausalito, CA 94965
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(VR SW to be introduced 3Q92)
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CiS
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(603) 894-5999 F (508) 692-2600
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285 Littleton Road, Suite 3, Westford, MA 01886
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"Geometry Ball Jr." (6D Joystick)
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Crystal River Engineering
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(209) 962 6382
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12350 Wards Ferry Rd., Groveland, CA 95321
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Foster, Scott
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"Convolvotron" 3D-audio PC cards
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Exos
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(617) 229 2075
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8 Blanchard Rd, Burlington, MA 01803
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Marcus, Elisabeth
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"Dexterous Hand Master" instrumented glove.
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Fake Space Labs
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(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)
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stereo monitor mounted on articulated arm.
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"Molly" teleoperated camera platform
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Focal Point Audio
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1402 Pine Ave. Suite 127, Niagara Falls, NY 14301
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low-cost 3D-audio cards for Mac
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Gyration
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(408) 255 3016
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12930 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga CA 95070
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"GyroEngine" mechanical gyroscope orientation sensor. "Gyropoint" 3D-pointer.
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ISCAN
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(617) 868 5353 F 9231
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125 Cambridgepark Dr., PO Box 2076, Cambridge, MA 02238
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Eye trackers
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Leep Systems
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(617) 647 1395 F 899 9602
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241 Crescent St., Waltham, MA 02154
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Howlett, Eric
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"Cyberface" HMDs, optics for HMDs.
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Logitech
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(415) 795 8500 F 901
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6505 Kaiser Dr., Fremont, CA 94555
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Ultrasound PS, 3D-mouse
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Myron Krueger
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Artificial Reality
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(203) 871-1375
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55 Edith, Vernon, CA 06066
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Custom-designed virtual world environments
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Polhemus
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(802) 655 3159 F 1439
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P.O.Box 560 Colchester, VE 05446
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"Isotrak","Fastrak" magnetic PS
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Polhemus Research
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Cambridge, VE
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(802) 644 5569 F2943
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Polhemus, William
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Hi-end fiberoptic HMD
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Pop-Optix Labs
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see Leep Systems
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Reflection Technology
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(617) 890 5905 F 18
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230 Second Ave., Waltham, MA 02154
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"Private Eye" LED-based monochrome lo-res HMD.
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"Megapixel" hi-res version to be introduced
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Sense8
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(415) 331 6318 F 9148
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1001 Bridgeway, PO Box 477, Sausalito, CA 94965
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"WorldToolKit" low cost PC-based VR C-library. Uses Intel DVI cards for
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fast texture mapping. SW-only Versions for workstations (SGI,Sun).
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Simgraphics Engineering
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(213) 255 0900
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1137 Huntingdon Dr., South Pasadena, CA 91030
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Hi-end VR on SGI workstations, consulting.
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"VR-Workbench" , "BodyBuilder" SW.
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"Flying Mouse" 6D mouse
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Motion platforms for theme parks
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Stereographics
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(415) 459 4500
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271-H East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901
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"CrystalEyes" LCD shutter stereo viewing glasses
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viewing SW for PC, Mac, workstations
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Spaceball Technologies
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(408) 745-0330
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2063 Landings, Sunnyvale, CA 94043
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"Spaceball" 6D joystick
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Spectrum Dynamics
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(713) 752 0761
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CIS 70761,1647
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2016 Main St.Suite 1207
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Houston, Texas 77002-8843
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VR component distributor
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Straylight Corp.
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(908) 580 0086 F 92
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150 Mount Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059
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"PhotoVR" DVI-based desktop VR
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Subjective Technologies
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(619) 942-0928
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1106 Second St. Suite 103, Encinitas, CA 92024
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Tools for controlling virtual environments
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Telepresence Research
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(415) 325 8951
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635 High St., Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Fisher, Scott; Laurel, Brenda
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Consulting
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Viewpoint Animation Engineering
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Orem, Utah
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(801) 225 1905 F 2999
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Polygonal objects libraries
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Virtex Technologies
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(415) 497 1204
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Stanford, CA 94309
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Kramer, Jim
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"CyberWear" instrumented clothing (gloves, suits).
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VPL Research
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(415) 361 1710 F 1845
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656 Bair Island Rd., Suite 304, Redwood City, CA 94063
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Lanier, Jaron
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"RB2" hi-end VR on Silicon Graphics workstations.
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"Eyephone" series of HMDs, "Dataglove","Datasuit" instrumented clothing
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"MicroCosm" midrange-VR for Mac with rendering board licensed from Division
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Virtual Research
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(408 )739 7114
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1313 Socorro Ave. Sunnyvale CA 94089
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"Flight Helmet" HMD
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Virtual Technologies
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(415) 599 2331
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see Virtex
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VREAM Inc.
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2568 North Clark St., Chicago IL 60614
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(312) 477 0425
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"VREAM" PC-based VR SW
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WorlDesign
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(206) 782 8630
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128 NW 56th St. Seattle, WA 98107
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Jacobson, Robert
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Consultancy
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Xtensory Inc.
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(408) 439-0600
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140 Sunridge Drive, Scolls Valley, CA 95066
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Tactile feedback systems
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Canadian Companies
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Advanced Gravis Computer Technology
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(604) 434 7274
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7400 MacPherson Ave., 111, Burnaby, B.C. V5J 5B6
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"Mousestick" input device
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CAE Electronics
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(514) 341 6780
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C.P.1800 Saint-Laurent, Quebec, H4L 4X4
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HMDs
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Shooting Star Technology
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(604) 298 8574
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1921 Holdom Ave., Burnaby, BC, V5B 3W4
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Mechanical position sensor (articulated arm attachable to HMD)
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The Vivid Group
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317 Adelaide St.West, Suite 302, Toronto, Ontario M5V1P9
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(416) 340 9290
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"Mandala" VR SW for Amiga
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Publishers, Newsletters
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Cyberedge
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(415) 383 2458 F 389 0251
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928 Greenhill Rd., Mill Valley, CA 94941
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Delaney, Ben
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"Cyberedge" newsletter
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Meckler Publishing
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(203) 226 6967 F 454 5840
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11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880
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Helsel, Sandra
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"VR Report" newsletter, VR books.
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Media Magic
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(415) 662-2426
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P.O. Box 507 Nicasio, CA 94946
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Superb catalog with books and videos on VR, Chaos, Fractals, etc.
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VR News
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P.O Box 2515 London N4 4JW
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(081) 292 1498
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Bevan, Mike
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Newsletter
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"Presence" VR journal
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MIT Press
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(617) 253 5643
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55 Hayward St., Cambridge, MA 02142
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Magazines with VR coverage:
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AI Magazine (special VR issue)
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Mondo 2000
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Whole Earth Review
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Books
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"Virtual Reality"
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Summit Books
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Rheingold, Howard
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"Artificial Reality II"
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Addison-Wesley
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Krueger, Myron
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.. and for a taste of the future, read Gibson and Dick !
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Homebrew VR groups
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VRUG (VR Users' Group) London
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contact Kim Bauckham at (081) 297 8366
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BBS, newsgroups
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CIX
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(071) 390 9787
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biggest UK BBS, VR conference (little activity so far)
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Compuserve
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Computer arts forum, library 13
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Eagan, John (moderator)
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Usenet
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sci.virtual-worlds newsgroup
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Jacobson, Robert (moderator)
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can be received over CIS mail
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(send email request to Mark DeLoura at madsax@u.washington.edu)
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condensed files compiled by John Eagan available in CIS Comart lib 13
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Well (Whole Earth Lectronic Link)
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voice (415) 332 4335
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modem (415) 332 8410
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27 Gate Five Rd., Sausalito, CA 94965
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can be accessed over CPN (CIS packet network)
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Rheingold, Howard (moderator)
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BBS run by the "Whole Earth" crowd
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VR coverage since 1989
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Companies/products we couldn't locate so far..
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"Geoball" 6D-pointer/mouse
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Virtus
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"Virtus Walkthrough" SW for Mac
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