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Star Trek holodeck for real
Gaming is about to take a quantum leap forward with the
arrival of cinema-like gaming facilities and a gaming holodeck. US
company, HoloDek - named after the the world's greatest fictional entertainment device from Star Trek - is in the process of building
a gaming holodeck. It's a 20ft wide sphere that will give give gamers a 360 degree, wraparound environment to blast
away in. The gamer sits inside on a robotic chair that rumbles, pitches and
yaws like a real flight simulator. 
The company has also developed what it calls the 'half-pipe', a gaming environment with a screen 20ft wide and 12ft high. The idea is the latest move from HoloDek to
get gamers out of their bedrooms and into state-of-the art gaming facilities.
Unlike Pac-Man in the dingy old video arcades, this is an attempt to take
gaming up-market, by hosting LAN parties, corporate events and weekend
competitions on top-end machines and high-definition screens. The
company is hoping to roll out 160 facilities in the next five years and is in
talks with cinemas to place holodecks inside. For a more far-reaching holodeck
project, check this out.
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