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The 1,500 Trek-obssesed citizens of Vulcan, Alberta are spicing up their annual Galaxyfest this year with the launch of the “Vulcan Space Adventure,” an immersive VR game that takes place inside a recreation of the Enterprise. The CA$250,000 game, built by VR firm GestureTek, allows up to three players cast as Starfleet trainees to simulataneously interact with a virtual environment created by multple cameras and holographic screens. After being led into the simulation chamber — built to look like the bridge of the Enterprise — by “Captain Krok,” visitors take orders from Starfleet Command and then use GestureTek’s “point-and-click” VR system to complete their mission. The system, which doesn’t require the player to wear any cumbersome VR gear, is one of only two GestureTek installations in Canada. We just hope the game doesn’t get too real: what happened to that poor redshirt in these photos? A couple more after the jump…

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The 1,500 Trek-obssesed citizens of Vulcan, Alberta are spicing up their annual Galaxyfest this year with the launch of the “Vulcan Space Adventure,” an immersive VR game that takes place inside a recreation of the Enterprise. The CA$250,000 game, built by VR firm GestureTek, allows up to three players cast as Starfleet trainees to simulataneously interact with a virtual environment created by multple cameras and holographic screens. After being led into the simulation chamber — built to look like the bridge of the Enterprise — by “Captain Krok,” visitors take orders from Starfleet Command and then use GestureTek’s “point-and-click” VR system to complete their mission. The system, which doesn’t require the player to wear any cumbersome VR gear, is one of only two GestureTek installations in Canada. We just hope the game doesn’t get too real: what happened to that poor redshirt in these photos? A couple more after the jump…

Continue reading Make it so: virtual reality Enterprise hits Canada

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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It’s a fine line between quixotic and committed, and just where Ron Paul falls is an open question as the libertarian Texas congressman pursues the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. “He touches a nerve out there,” said political scientist Bruce Buchanan. “There are Republicans who believe it was a mistake to get in there to begin with, and that’s the Paul constituency.”