From: hucaby@mri.uky.edu (David Hucaby)
Subject: Re: VR in May Video Magazine
Date: Thu, 2 May 1991 13:02:26 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May2.130226.22302@ms.uky.edu>
Organization: Univ of Ky MRI Center



In article seguine@girtab.usc.edu (Christopher Seguine) writes:

>    
>  AGE (Abrams/Gentile Entrtainment) developers of the powergolve  promises
>a "total" vr system for less than $400 in 1993...
>
> Anyone know AGE's adress or phone#???

Yup. It is: Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, Inc.
            244 West 54th Street, 9th Floor
            New York, NY   10019
            212-757-0700

Try and talk with Christopher Gentile (pronounced like Gen-tilly).
I've tried to talk to him before, but I never got past the secretary.

They don't seem to like to talk about the PowerGlove. I got pointed back 
toward VPL instead. VPL says that the PowerGlove lawsuit is now over, but 
the serial interface box that AGE/VPL was supplying is now in litigation, 
so it's no longer available.

>  Logitech (those lame ibm mouse people) are making a dataglove that is 
>suppose to cost between $500 to $1000.

The Logitech cheap-o version of the dataglove seems to be a LONG way off.
VPL didn't offer too many details about it - just that it is being thought
out now.

>I can see it now.... All those ibm clone people using a data glove to move
>around in lotus....

Lotus 1-2-'3D', I presume?

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[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  It's rumored also that there is renewed litigation
between VPL and Virtex (sp?), the Stanford-backed firm that makes a 
competing form of glove I/O.  Can anyone substantiate this?  -- Bob
Jacobson]