LordOfTheBorg 1 Posted August 30, 2005 (dunno if this has been posted before...) Star Trek holodeck gets closer to reality Huge high definition screens for gamers By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 30 August 2005, 06:59 AN OUTFIT which is experimenting with using huge high definition tellies to simulate a 3d virtual environment, thinks that it is getting closer to creating a Star Trek style holodeck. The company, called HoloDek, has been chatting to the Boston Globe about its cunning plan to create a movie theatre experience for gamers. Holodek’s test site has 42 gaming stations with PCs and high definition screens ranging in size from 17 inches (43cm) to 20 feet wide and 12 feet high. However it has also built something called the sphere, which is 20 feet in diameter and eventually will offer a 360° view. It works a bit like a flight simulator. The downside is that the kit will be too expensive for gamers to have at home, and Holodek thinks that if the whole thing takes off, then it will be a return to the old days of the space invader’s shops. A spokesHoloDekker said that at least it will get gamers out a bit more. Fewls, don’t they realise that if something ever went wrong on a Starship, it was usually as a direct result of a sodded up holodeck. The Enterprise and Voyager would have had far less problems if they had pulled the plug on the thing. More boldly going here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
