Fakespace
Fakespace can refer to Fakespace, Inc. (Also known as Fakespace Labs) or the company that split from it, Fakespace Systems, which became Mechdyne Corporation.[1]
Fakespace started out of NASA. Fakespace Labs was founded by Mark Bolas, Eric Lorimer, and Ian McDowall.[2]
Fakespace Inc. started as Fakespace Labs, Inc. which started as Fake Space Labs, AKA Fakespace Labs.
HistoryEdit
On March 2, 1998, Fakespace, Inc. announced that it had named Jim Angelillo as president.[2]
On August 9, 1999, at SIGGRAPH '99, Fakespace Systems Inc.™ and Pyramid Systems announced they had merged.[3] Pyramid Systems was the developer of the CAVE™ spatially immersive display systems and the ImmersaDesk™ family of visualization systems.[3]
As of August 9, 1999, Dan Wright was president and CEO of Fakespace Systems, Inc.[3] Jim Angelillo, previously president of Fakespace, Inc., became vice president of strategic relations.[3]
The August 9th merger followed the recent formation of Fakespace Systems Inc., a member of the Fakespace family of companies.[3]
As of August 9, 1999, there were two and only two business entities in the Fakespace family of companies: Fakespace Systems, Inc. and Fakespace Labs, Inc..[3]
As of August 9, 1999, Mark Bolas was president and CEO of Fakespace Labs, Inc.[3]
In 2007, its website was fakespacelabs.com.[4]
Fakespace, Inc.Edit
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Fakespace, Inc. was a company that developed virtual reality products.
It is synonymous with Fakespace Labs.
In 1999, Electrohome acquired Fakespace Inc. and split off Fakespace Systems.[5]
FoundingEdit
Fakespace was founded in the year 1988. It began a collaboration with the VIEW laboratory at NASA Ames for the design of a CRT-based stereoscopic viewer. The display was mounted on a counterbalanced articulated arm.[6]
ProductsEdit
Fakespace LabsEdit
Fakespace Labs, Inc. is a company that made virtual reality products.
Fakespace Labs is synonymous with Fakespace Inc.[5]
As of October 14, 2000, it was known as Fakespace Labs, Inc.[15]
ProductsEdit
Fakespace SystemsEdit
Fakespace Systems is a company that was split from Fakespace, Inc.
Fakespace Systems merged with Mechdyne. Mechdyne Corporation acquired Fakespace Systems.[5]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000817114521/http://www.fakespace.com/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "03/02/98". 2001-04-23. http://www.fakespace.com/press/030298.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Minibench News Release". 2000-03-03. http://www.fakespace.com/press/080999.html.
- ↑ http://www.fakespacelabs.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "FakeSpace: Serious Games As Doors Into Virtual Worlds". 2007-09-26. https://www.futurelab.net/blog/2007/09/fakespace-serious-games-doors-virtual-worlds/.
- ↑ Laurendeau, Denis; Branzan-Albu, A; Boivin, E; Drouin, R; Schwartz, J-M (2023-07-27). "(PDF) Survey of the State-of-the-Art on Synthetic Environments, Sensori-Motor Activities in Synthetic Environments, Simulation Frameworks and Real-World Abstraction Models". p. 26. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266216435_Survey_of_the_State-of-the-Art_on_Synthetic_Environments_Sensori-Motor_Activities_in_Synthetic_Environments_Simulation_Frameworks_and_Real-World_Abstraction_Models.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Virtual Reality Platform". https://sed.inrialpes.fr/ARCHIVE/PRV/CATALOG/immersive.html.
- ↑ "Fakespace Systems Inc.". https://web.archive.org/web/20000511023609if_/http://www.fakespacesystems.com/products/rave.html.
- ↑ "CAVE". https://web.archive.org/web/20010219084507if_/http://www.fakespacesystems.com/products/cave.html.
- ↑ "Fakespace Systems Inc.". https://web.archive.org/web/20001017182752if_/http://www.fakespacesystems.com/products/workwall.html.
- ↑ "Passive WorkWall". https://web.archive.org/web/20001017213514if_/http://www.fakespacesystems.com/products/workwall_passive.html.
- ↑ "ImmersaDesk M1". https://web.archive.org/web/20001110050800if_/http://www.fakespacesystems.com/products/deskm1.html.
- ↑ "The conCAVE". https://web.archive.org/web/20001110045800if_/http://www.fakespacesystems.com/products/concave.html.
- ↑ "The Immersive Workbench". https://web.archive.org/web/19981202164637if_/http://www.fakespace.com/new_pro.html.
- ↑ "Fakespace Inc.". 2000-06-21. http://www.fakespace.com/indexlabs.html.