From diderot@hitl.washington.edu Mon Jul 3 12:20:07 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA31218; Mon, 3 Jul 95 12:20:07 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA06277; Mon, 3 Jul 95 12:20:01 -0700 Received: from [128.95.74.170] (diderot.hitl.washington.edu [128.95.74.170]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA21998 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 12:19:59 -0700 X-Sender: diderot@hitl.washington.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 12:24:03 -0700 To: scivw@hitl.washington.edu From: "Steven K. Sharp" (by way of diderot@hitl.washington.edu (Toni Emerson)) Subject: A New VR Game X-Status: Status: OR Ms. Emerson, As the keeper of the sci.virtual-worlds web page, and the moderator of the news group of the same name, I thought I'd send this to you as well as the newsgroup. I work for a company, GreyStone, that has a VR game that is just being released. The game is called Magball and is something like virtual hockey. You sit in an Andromeda pod and have two joysticks to control your motion and to attract and repel, magnetically of course, the ball. It can be played 1 on 1 or with teams of up to three people. There are two levels of play, novice and advanced, so that anyone can play and enjoy it. It is a non-violent game that I think will appeal to most people. I am a software engineer, but I did not actually work on this game. I did however, get to help with the beta-testing. This is one of the major benefits working for a VR entertainment company. The game is fast and fun. If you would like more information or have any comments, please contact me. Sincerely, Steven K. Sharp Software Engineer (press release) Exciting New Sports VR Game Debuts in San Francisco A new Virtual Reality offering hits the streets this week with the introduction of GreyStone Technology's MagBall(TM), a fast moving virtual sports game, at CyberMind's Embarcadero Center in San Francisco. Up to six players can share the arena in an exciting team game, guiding their agile "MagPods" around opponents, grabbing the magnetic puck, and firing into the circular goal. Game play takes place in GreyStone's stylish new Andromeda(TM) virtual reality platform, snugly seated in a high-tech pod with high-quality graphics and scintillating, immersive sound. The excitement is not limited to just the players; bystanders (and wanna-be players) can enjoy the game on a TV sports coverage-like big-screen view of the action. CyberMind has placed orders for two more sets of GreyStone VR equipment to be placed in other CyberMind locations. CyberMind is located at One Embarcadero Center, Lobby Level. They can be found on the Web at http://www.cybermind.com, or reached by phone at 415-693-0348. MagBall will be open to play by the public beginning Friday, June 30. For further information on GreyStone VR products, contact David Klugh at 619-675-7800 or dklugh@gstone.com