Movie Theater for Video Gamers

[Dyre Straits]

This is a rather old article, but, I don't recall seeing a mention of it here:

http://www.boston.com/business/globe...gamers?mode=PF

EDIT: Here's a snippet --


"Mike Fortier, vice president for technology at HoloDek, said people can watch a movie at home on their TV, but many prefer to go to a movie theater where they can watch it with friends on a giant screen with great sound and picture quality.

"We're doing the same thing here," Fortier said. ''This is a movie theater for gamers."

The company's test site is located in an out-of-the-way industrial park here and features 42 gaming stations with high-speed personal computers and high-definition screens ranging in size from 17 inches to 13 feet.

But in a back room, nearing completion, are two far more immersive gaming environments. One, nicknamed ''half-pipe," features a screen that is 20 feet wide and 12 feet high. The other is a sphere, 20 feet in diameter, that eventually will offer a 360-degree wraparound gaming effect. The gamer sits inside the sphere on a robot that rumbles, banks, and spins out, providing many of the same effects as a flight simulator."

[pr0digal jenius]

and it'll now cost you $10 an hour to play BF2