From: strick@cedar.hao.ucar.edu (Douglas Strickland)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: INFO!: VR companies
Date: 11 Dec 92 16:08:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Dec12.041734.17047
Organization: High Alititude Observatory/NCAR, Boulder CO
Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu



Hello,

    This is a list of companies which are involved with virtual reality
technologies. 

Version 2.0
Last updated: Dec. 11, 1992

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These four companies all pursue some VR research, but their main business
interests probably lie elsewhere.

AUTOCAD
Intel Corp. 
Silicon Graphics
Sun Microsystems

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Kaiser Electro-optics, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA
(619)438-9255 Frank Hepburn

- manufacturer of 1024x1280 monochrome HMD

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Kopin Corp.
traded on the NASDAQ under name "KOPIN"

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Oz...International Inc.

For more information on Oz, please enquire with William Bricken who is
the principal scientist at HITL (Human Interface Technology Lab.) of the
University of Washington. He is available at: 

william@hitl.washington.edu
 
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Sense 8 Corporation   (not public) 
4000 Bridgeway, #101
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415)331-6318

- Developer of WorldToolKit and related software

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The Virtual Reality Group
800 Follins Lane, Suite 270
Vienna, VA. 22180
(703) 242-0030  Christopher Lewis

- Hardware manufacturer

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Virtual Reality Inc.
traded over the counter on electronic bulletin board as "VIRT".

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Virtual Reality Laboratories Inc
2341 Ganador Court
San Luis Obispo, CA  93401
(805) 545-8515

Although they offer no stock options at present, they are keeping a list of
investors in the event they decide to offer shares, etc in the near future.

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Virtual Research
1313 Socorro Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(408) 739-7114

- Developer of Virtual Research Flight Helmet (HMD).

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VPL Research    (currently out of business)
Redwood City, CA

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      I sincerely thank all those who contributed to the above. If anyone
has anything new, particularly the e-mail addresses for these companies,
please mail to me and I will be glad to post the updated version. 


Mike Shen                                  Computational Physics Inc.
shen@euler.cpi.com                         Merrifield, VA.
 
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