From: R.Hollands@sheffield.ac.uk Subject: INDUSTRY: VR Companies Address List Date: 23 Jul 93 14:03:19 BST VR Company Address List If the company info is ended with the phrase 'want info', then the company was posted and no reply received. If the info is ended with the phrase 'got info', then a reply was received to a posting in about May 1993 and any change in address corrected. This information is presented for information only. I accept no liability for the information, and do not necessarily endorse any of the companies, Robin Hollands e-mail r.hollands@sheffield.ac.uk 3D Imagtek 4525-B San Fernado Rd. Glendale CA 91204 USA Phone: (818) 507-1269 Fax: (818) 507-8537 Notes : HMDs Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Ray Bolt 3D Magic PO Box 1377 Alexander City Alabama 35010 USA Phone: (205) 329-3767 Fax: Notes : Supplier of general VR stuff Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Michael Starks 3DTV Corporation PO Box Q San Francisco CA 94913-4316 USA Phone: (415) 479-3516 Fax: (415) 479-3316 Notes : LCD shutter glasses, other homebrew products Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. 3750 N. Fraser Way #101 Burnaby B.C. V5J 5E9 Canada Phone: 604-431-5020 Fax: 604-431-5155 Notes : MouseStick (optical joysick), 3D sound card Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Robotics Research Laboratories Business House University Road Salford Lancs. M5 4PP Phone: (4461) 745-7384 Fax: (4461) 745-8264 Notes : Teletact II, Teletact Commander force feedback devices with Airmuscle Ltd (uses air pockets) and Datacq II input glove Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Technology Systems 800 Follin Way Suite 270 Vienna VA 22180 USA Phone: (703) 242-0030 Fax: (703) 242-5220 Notes : Datavisor 9c HMD (same as Virtual Reality Group) Got info ------------------------------------------------------- AICOM Corp. 1590 Oakland Road Suite B112 San Jose CA 95131 USA Phone: (408) 453-8251 Fax: (408) 453-8255 Notes : Accent SA PC-based speech synthesis board ------------------------------------------------------- Myron Kreuger Artificial Reality 55 Edith Vernon CA 06066 USA Phone: (203) 871-1375 Fax: Notes : Custom designed virtual worlds ------------------------------------------------------- Ascension Technology Corporation PO Box 527 Burlington VT 05402 USA Phone: 802-655-7879 Fax: 802-655-5904 Notes : Flock of Birds multiple 6D trackers Got Info ------------------------------------------------------- Autodesk Inc. 2320 Marinship Way Sausalito CA 94965 USA Phone: (415) 332-2344 Fax: Notes : Cyberspace Developers Kit Want info ------------------------------------------------------- BioControl Systems Inc. 430 Cowper Street Palto Alto CA 94301 USA Phone: (415) 329-8494 Fax: (415) 329-8494 Notes : Brainman neural interface, Eyecon eye movement interface, Biomuse RF biosignal interface Got info ------------------------------------------------------- CAE Electronics Ltd 8585 Cote de Lisse Saint-Laurentt Quebec H4L 4X4 Canada Phone: 514-341-6780 Fax: 514-341-7699 Notes : HMDs Want info ------------------------------------------------------- CIS Graphics Inc. 1 Stiles Road Suite 305 Salem NH 03079 USA Phone: (603) 894-5999 Fax: Notes : Geometry Ball 6DOF input device that measures forces and torque on a fixed ball Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Clarity Nelson Lane Garrison NY 10524 USA Phone: (914) 424-4071 Fax: (914) 424-3467 Notes : Auditory display products ------------------------------------------------------- CM Research 2815 Forest Hill League City TX 77573 USA Phone: (713) 334-4661 Fax: (713) 334-4860 Notes : DTSS X/10 provides temperature feedback using themodes Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Covox Inc. 675 Conger Street Eugene Oregon 97402 USA Phone: (503) 342-1271 Fax: (503) 342-1283 Notes : Voicemaster Key System - PC voice interface $150, Soundmaster II, sound recognition, and other sound related products Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Scott Foster Position : President Crystal River Engineering Inc. 12350 Wards Ferry Road Groveland California 95321 USA Phone: 209/962-6382 Fax: 209/962-4873 Notes : Manufacturers of Convolvotron, Beachtron and other 3D sound boards Got info ------------------------------------------------------- CyberEdge Journal 928 Greenhill Road Mill Valley CA 94941-3406 USA Phone: 415 383-2458 Fax: 415 389-0251 E-mail : bdel@well.sf.ca.us Notes : Bimonthly VR journal Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Cydata Limited PO Box 2515 London N4 4JW Phone: /Fax 081-292-1498 Fax: Notes : VR News monthly magazine, and Virtuoso bimonthly magazine Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Andy Tait Position : Sales Director Dimension International Zephyr One Calleva Park Aldermaston Berkshire RG7 4QZ Phone: (0734) 810077 Fax: (0734) 816940 Notes : Manufacturers of Superscape desktop VR products Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Dimension Technologies Inc. 176 Anderson Avenue Rochester NY 14607 USA Phone: 716-442-7450 Fax: 716-442-7589 Notes : DTI 100M projection video stereoviewing system ------------------------------------------------------- Seamus Morley Position : Sales Manager Division Ltd Quarry Road Chipping Sodbury Bristol B517 6AX Phone: (0454) 615554 Fax: (0454) 615532 Notes : 80860 based VR PROvision, Vision VR hi-end system with multiple 80860s PC-based, lo-end system with one 80860 and one Sharp HSSP per eye Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Dragon Systems Inc. 320 Nevada Street Newton MA 02158 USA Phone: (617) 965-5200 Fax: (617) 527--0372 Notes : DragonWriter and DragonDictate PC-based voice recognition software Want info ------------------------------------------------------- EXOS Inc. 2A Gill Street Woburn MA 01801-1721 USA Phone: (617) 229-2075 Fax: (617) 270-5901 Notes : Dexterous Hand Master, glove usng mechanical Hall-effect sensors Want info again ------------------------------------------------------- Mark S. Reiss Position : Director of Sales Fakespace, Inc. 4085 Campbell Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 USA Phone: (415) 688-1940 Fax: (415) 688-1949 Notes : Manufacturers of the BOOM HCD Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Brian Vandellyn Park Position : Principal Flogiston Corporation 462 Capehill Webster TX 77598 USA Phone: (713) 280 8554 Fax: Notes : Manufacturer of Flogison chair, and Cyberhood (3D stereoscopic hood for CRTs) Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Focal Point 3D Audio 1402 Pine Ave Suite 127 Niagara Falls NY 14301 USA Phone: Fax 416-963-9188 Fax: Notes : 3D audio boards for Mac and PC Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Frequency Precision Ltd Okehampton Devon Phone: (0837) 810590 Fax: Notes : Manufacturers of gyroscopes ------------------------------------------------------- Brad Armstrong GLOBAL Devices 6630 Arabian Circle Granite Bay CA 95661 USA Phone: 916 - 791 - 3533 Fax: 916 - 791 - 4358 Notes : Global 3D Controller, a joystick-like device complete wih vibrational feedback Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Goodwin Marcus Systems Marcus House 75-79 Wheelock Street Middlewich Cheshire CW10 9AE Phone: (0606) 836093 Fax: (0606) 835643 Notes : Jack - full body sensing system Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Tim McKnight Position : Scribe Gyration Inc. 12930 Saratoga Ave. Bldg. C Saratoga CA 95070 USA Phone: 408-255-3016 Fax: 408-255-9075 Notes ; GyroPoint 3D mouse using GyroEngine (optically sensed gyroscopic sensors) Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Haitex Resources Inc. Charleston South Carolina USA Phone: 803-881-7518 Fax: Notes ; Haitex X-Specs 3D for the Amiga line (should work with PC circuit) ------------------------------------------------------- Bill Freud Horizon Entertainment PO Box 14020 St Louis MO 63178-4020 USA Phone: (314) 331-6000 Fax: (314) 331-6002 Notes : USA distibutors for W Industries Virtuality arcade games ------------------------------------------------------- Peter Conner InfoDisp Information & Display Systems Ltd. 12 Woolmer Way Bordon Hants GU35 9QF Phone: 0420 479791 Fax: 0420 488208 Notes : Distributors of Reflection Technology's Private Eye and VeriScope 3D Rendering software Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp. 2701 Orchard Park Way San Jose CA 95134 USA Phone: (408) 432-3000 1435 Fax: (408) 432-8440 Notes : Wide Eye HMD + lo-cost HMD in 1993 Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Kaiser Electro-Optices Inc. 2752 Laker Ave. West Carlsbad CA 92008 USA Phone: Fax: Notes : Manufacturer of SimEye, AgileEye HMD Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Eric Howlett Leep Systems Inc 241 Crescent Street Waltham Ma 02154 USA Phone: Fax: (617) 647 - 1109 Notes : Manufacturer of Leep optics and Cyberface HMDs Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Shannon O'Brien Position: V.P. Marketing and Sales Liquid Image Corp 582 King Edward Street Winnipeg Manitoba R3H OP1 Canada Phone: (204) 772-0137 Fax: (204) 772-0239 Notes : Manufacturers of Mirage HMDs Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Logitech Inc. 6505 Kaiser Drive Freemont CA 94555 USA Phone: (510) 795-8500 Fax: (510) 792-8901 Notes: 6D mouse and head tracker Got info ------------------------------------------------------- MacroMind/Paracomp 60 Townsend Suite 310 San Francisco CA 94103 USA Phone: 415 442-0200 Fax: Notes : Publishes 3D modelling, rendering and animation software ------------------------------------------------------- Media Magic PO Box 507 Nicasio CA 94946 USA Phone: (415) 662-2426 Fax: Notes : Superb catalog of books and videos on VR, chaos, fractals etc. ------------------------------------------------------- Mira Imaging Inc. 2257 South 1100 East Suite 1A Salt Lake City Utah 84106 USA Phone: (801) 466-4641 Fax: (801) 466-4699 Notes: Hyperspace - 3D digitising and modelling sofware ------------------------------------------------------- Judith Jones Position : Product Manager MULTIPOINT Technology Corp. 319 Littleton Road Suite 201 Westford MA 01886 USA Phone: (508) 692-0689 Fax: (508) 692-2653 Notes : Z Mouse, 5DOF mouse, (2D mouse+2D trackball+thumbwheel) Got info ------------------------------------------------------- NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field CA 94035 USA Phone: (415) 604-3937 Fax: (415) 604-3953 Notes : Leading researchers in VR ------------------------------------------------------- Pasha Publication PO Box 9188 Arlington VA 22219 USA Phone: 800-424-2908 Fax: Notes : Virtual Reality Handbook: Products, Services and Resources ------------------------------------------------------- Joe Gradecki Position : Publisher PCVR/Gradecki Publishing 1706 Sherman Hills Road Suite A Laramie WY 82070 USA Phone/Fax: (307) 742 - 7675 E-mail : pcvr@fullfeed.com Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Thomas W. Jones Position : Sales Representative Polhemus Inc. One Hercules Drive PO Box 560 Colchester Vermont 05446 USA Phone: 802 655 3159 234 Fax: 802 655 1439 Notes : Manufacturer of magnetic 6D tracking devices and Looking Glass fibre-optic HMD Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Janet Fisher Position : MIT Press Journals Manager PRESENCE : Teleoperators and Virtual Environments MIT Press Journals 55 Hayward Street Cambridge MA 02142-1399 USA Phone: (617) 253-2889 Fax: (617) 258-6779 (e-mail in notes) E-mail : hiscox@mitvma.mit.edu Notes : Quarterly journal Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Simon Skinner Position : Sales Executive Primary Image Ltd Lever House 3 St James's Road Kingston Upon Thames Surrey KT1 2BA Phone: (081) 546 4908 Fax: (081) 549 8035 Notes : STRIDE renderer graphic cards, graphics consultancy etc. Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Real World Graphics 5 Bluecoats Ave. Hertford SG14 1PB Phone: 0992 554 442 Fax: 0992 554 827 Notes : 80860 based VR systems Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Reel-3D Enterprises Inc. PO Box 2368 Culver City CA 90231 USA Phone: (310) 837-2368 Fax: (310) 558-1653 Notes : 3d viewers, cameras etc. Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Reflection Technology 230 Second Ave. Waltham MA 02154 USA Phone: (617) 890-5905 Fax: (617) 890-5918 Notes : PrivateEye LED based monochrome HMD ------------------------------------------------------- SARCOS 261 East 300 South Suite 150 Salt Lake City UT 84111 USA Phone: (801) 531-0559 Fax: (801) 531-0315 Notes : Developed prototype of the Exoskeletal Master that can be used with their Sarcos Dexterous Arm for teleoperation ------------------------------------------------------- Bob Jacobson Position : Moderator Sci.virtual-worlds (newsgroup) Phone: Fax: E-mail cyberoid@u.washington.edu Notes : Entries to scivw@u.washington.edu ------------------------------------------------------- Tom Coull Position : President Sense8 Corporation 4000 Bridgeway, #101 Sausalito CA 94965 USA Phone: 415-331-6318 Fax: 415-331-9148 Notes : WorldToolKit VR software Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Shooting Star Technology 1921 Holdom Avenue Burnaby B.C. V5B 3W4 Canada Phone: (604) 298-8574 Fax: (604) 298-8580 Notes : Boom type 6D tracker Got info ------------------------------------------------------- SimGraphics Engineering Corp. 1137 Huntington Drive South Pasadena CA 91030 USA Phone: 213-255-0900 Fax: Notes : Systems configuration house/OEM VR equipment supplier, including Flying Mouse 2/6 D mouse using Polhemus sensors ------------------------------------------------------- Geoff Pilling Position : Product Manager Simsalabim Systems, Inc. PO Box 4446 Berkley CA 94704-0446 USA Phone: (510) 528-2021 Fax: Notes : Cyberscope 3D monitor viewer Got info ------------------------------------------------------- SophisTech Research 6936 Seaborn Street Lakewood CA 90713-2832 USA Phone: (310) 421-7295 Fax: Notes : Virtual Reality Sourcebook ------------------------------------------------------- Spaceball Technologies Inc. 600 Suffolk Street Lowell MA 01854 USA Phone: 508-970-0330 Fax: 508-970-0199 Notes : Spaceball - 6D joystick Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Spatial Positioning Systems Inc. Innovationn Center 1800 Kraft Drive Blacksburg VA 24060 USA Phone: (703) 231-3145 Fax: (703) 231-3568 Notes : RtPM laser 6D tracking systems Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Spea Graphics UK Ltd Kingston House Goodsons Mews Wellington Street Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3BX Phone: (0844 ) 261886 Fax: (0844 ) 261714 Notes : FIRE RISC and other graphics board Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Spectrum Dynamics 3336 Richmond Avenue #226 Houston TX 77098-3022 USA Phone: 713-520-5020 Fax: 713-520-7395 (e-mail in notes) e-mail : specdyn@well.sf.ca.us Notes : VR equipment distributers, VAR etc. ------------------------------------------------------- Spectrum HoloByte 2061 Challenger Drive Alameda CA 94501 USA Phone: (501) 522-3584 Fax: Notes: Developed the software that runs W Industries Virtuality machines ------------------------------------------------------- StereoGraphics Corp. 2171-H East Francisco Blvd. San Rafael CA 94901 USA Phone: (415) 459-4500 Fax: (415) 459-3020 Notes : Suppliers of CrystalEYES VR, shutter glasses etc. Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Straylight 150 Mount Bethel Road Warren NJ 07050 USA Phone: 908-580-0086 Fax: Notes : VR authoring systems, including PhotoVR ------------------------------------------------------- Subjective Technologies 1106 Second Street Suite 103 Encinitas CA 92024 USA Phone: 619-942-0928 Fax: Notes : Tools for controlling virtual enviroments ------------------------------------------------------- TiNi Alloy Co. 1621 Neptune Drive San Leandro CA 94577 USA Phone: (510) 483-9676 Fax: (510) 483-1309 Notes : Tactile feedback systems using memory metals Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Transformation Software Thame Park Road Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3UQ Phone: (0844) 261456 Fax: (0844) 260056 Notes : VR software ------------------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Hart Position : Sales Vine Micros Ltd Vine House Cowper Road Margate Kent CT9 1SX Phone: (0843) 225714 Fax: (0843) 296237 Notes : PC to TV converters and other multimedia products Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Virtual 'S' Ltd. The Limes 123 Mortlake Street London SW14 8SN Phone: (081) 392 9000 Fax: (081) 392 2424 Notes : Studio for producing VR productions Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Denise Haskew Virtual Prescence Ltd. 25 Corsham Street London N1 6DR Phone: (071) 253 9699 Fax: (071) 490 8968 Notes : VR product and service supplier Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Reality Group 800 Follin Lane Suite 270 Vienna VA 22180 USA Phone: (703) 242-0030 Fax: (703) 242-5220 Notes : Datavisor 9c HMD (same as Advanced Technology Systems) ------------------------------------------------------- Evan Yeaman Virtual Research 3193 Belick Street #2 Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Phone: 408-748-8712 Fax: 408-748-8714 Notes : EYEGEN 3 HMD - uses CRT and color wheels for high resolution color display Got info ------------------------------------------------------- James F. Kramer Position : President Virtual Technologies 2175 Prk Blvd. Palo Alto Stanford CA 94306 USA Phone: 415-321-4900 Fax: 415-321-4912 Notes : Instrumented gloves and clothing, eg. CyberGlove, CyberForce (with force feedback), and CyberSuit Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Virtus Corporation 117 Edinburgh S, Ste 204 Cary North Carolina 27511 USA Phone: 919-467-9700 Fax: 919-460-4530 Notes : Manufacturer of Mac. VR software Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Vision Research Graphics 99 Madbury Road Durham NH 03824 USA Phone: 603-868-2270 Fax: 603-868-1352 Notes : Resellers of Haitex LCD glasses w/PC driver & software Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Visual Synthesis Inc. 4126 Addison Road Fairfax VA 22030 USA Phone: (703) 352-0258 Fax: Notes: Audio Image Sound Cube 3D sound system for SGi ------------------------------------------------------- Vivid Group 317 Adelaide Street W. Suite 302 Toronto Ontario M5V IP9 Canada Phone: 416-340-9290 Fax: 416-348-98()9 Notes : Mandala (VR authoring systems) ------------------------------------------------------- Voice Connexion 17835 SkyPark Circle Suite C Irvine CA 92714 USA Phone: (714) 261-2366 Fax: (714) 261-8563 Notes : Micro Introvoice PC Voice Recognition + Synthesis Want info ------------------------------------------------------- VPL Research 3977 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto CA 94303 USA Phone: (415) 988-2550 ? Fax: (415) 988-2557 ? Notes : Manufacturer of DataGlove, patent holder of glove use in VR enviroments, manufacturer of HMD Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Edward R. LaHood Position : President VREAM Inc. 2568 N. Clark St. #250 Chicago IL 60614 USA Phone: (312) 477-0425 Fax: (312) 477-9702 Notes : VREAM VR development software system Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Brad Burnett VRontier Worlds of Stoughton Inc. 809 E. South Street Stoughton WI 53589 USA Phone: 608 - 873 - 8523 Fax: 608 - 877 - 0575 Notes : Manufacturer of Tier 1 HMD Got info ------------------------------------------------------- W Industries Virtuality House 3 Oswin Road Brailsford Industrial Park Leicester LE3 1HR Phone: 0533 542 127 Fax: 0533 471855 Notes : Virtuality VR arcade game Got info ------------------------------------------------------- Robert Jacobson World Design Inc. 5348 1/2 Ballad Ave. Seattle WA 98107 USA Phone: (206) 782-8630 Fax: Notes : VR consultants, Information designers Want info ------------------------------------------------------- Xtensory Inc. 140 Sunridge Drive Scolls Valley CA 95066 USA Phone: 408-439-0600 Fax: Notes : Tactile feedback systems Want info -------------------------------------------------------