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From: Laurent Scallie <laurent@vr-atlantis.com>
Date: 13 Feb 1996 04:20:47 GMT
Organization: Atlantis Cyberspace

Atlantis Cyberspace, a leading Virtual Reality Entertainment company, has
amassed information available on the VR entertainment industry, into an
exciting 370 pages web site at:

<URL:http://www.vol.it/MIRROR2/EN/vr-atlantis.com/public_html/>

Targeting the entire spectrum of potential consumers - from VR novices to
industry members - the site includes detailed information on all 147 VR centers
worldwide, thus enabling anyone to locate a convenient site at which to
experience this new technology.

A further section describes and illustrates 87 high-end VR systems with screen
shots, movies of virtual worlds, descriptions of the experiences available,
technical specs, commercial information and more. Such attention to detail
renders this compilation the ideal source for providing a comprehensive and
concise overview of the current state of VR technology.

The acceleration of the VR industry into the consumer marketplace, has been
represented by two sections on the site; a directory of all 3D first person
games and a catalog of consumer hardware and software products. A download
area is also available.

All information includes feedback pages from visitors, while also being updated
on a regular basis, i.e. the 3D games section has the latest information from
the January CES show in Las Vegas, while the VR systems guide contains that
which is latest from IAAPA in New Orleans.

Due to the intense multimedia information available on the Atlantis Web site,
two mirror sites have been set up; one in Italy and one in Australia. The
main server is located at the Atlantis headquarters in Hawaii.

This entire site is available via an "underwater" VRML interface. The Virtual
Reality Modeling Language, VRML, is a developing standard for describing
interactive three-dimensional scenes delivered across the internet. Sub
VRML sections are under construction. If, for example, you are looking for
a VR center, you will find yourself flying over the continents of the earth
- each VR center being represented by a building.
Size and color indicate the nature of the respective VR centers, i.e.
whether the site exists for the sole purpose of VR, or whether it is
incorporated into an arcade/cafe etc., as well as the number of VR systems
available at the location. Clicking on to a building will take you to the
page describing this particular center.

According to Laurent Scallie, President of Atlantis Cyberspace, "In this
young VR industry, finding information can be somewhat challenging and can
require a lot of traveling, cross reference and compilation work. This
resource guide is the result of my 3 years of intensive research into the
VR entertainment field. This was a necessity in providing a solid foundation
to our Virtual Reality Theme Park concept. I hope it will prove to be an
integral contribution to the industry."

Founded in 1993, Atlantis Cyberspace produced the world's largest public VR
exhibit in Toronto, Canada in 1994, and is in the process of opening a
Virtual Reality center in Waikiki, HI as a test-bed for its VR theme park
project, which is scheduled to open by 1997. The company also distributes
the Orion virtual reality system.

Atlantis Cyberspace can be reached at laurent@vr-atlantis.com, by snail mail at
4224 Waialae Ave. Suite 5-322, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA, or by phone at (808)
732-6696.
As previously mentioned, its web site can be accessed at:

<URL:http://www.vol.it/MIRROR2/EN/vr-atlantis.com/public_html/>

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