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September 1993
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NINTENDO AND SILICON
GRAPHICS TEAM
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VIRTUAL REALITY GAME
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Silicon Graphics Inc., a power-
ful USA computer graphics
company, and Nintendo Co.
Ltd. of Japan, the leading
video game manufacturer, re-
cently announced plans to
jointly develop a three-dimen-
sional virtual reality game
machine for home use.
Howard Lincoln, senior vice
president of Nintendo. "It will
be real-time, real fast and way
past cool."
Although video game graphics
have improved greatly over
the last decade, they have not
kept pace with computerized
virtual reality. Officials at
Silicon Graphics, whose soft-
ware and work stations were
used by animators for the mov-
ies Jurassic Park and Termi-
nator 2, hope to usher in a new -
era in video game graphics. I"'
The companies new joint ven-
ture "Project Reality" will
meld the latest advancements
in computerized virtual real-
ity graphics with home and
arcade video games.
Nintendo said that the first
product would be a coin-oper-
aLed video arcade game pro-
jecLed for release in 1994. A
home version will be ready for
1995 and priced at less than
$250.
Nintendo will provide the
money and Silicon Graphics
will provide the engineering
expertise. "This product will
leapfrog all other home enter-
tainment devices," said
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