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.
History[edit]
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]
Founding[edit]
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]
Products[edit]
- RAVE[7][8]
- CAVE[7][9]
- Immersive WorkWall[7][10]
- Passive WorkWall[7][11]
- ImmersaDesk M1[7][12]
- conCAVE[7][13]
- Immersive Workbench[14]
Fakespace Labs[edit]
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]
Products[edit]
Fakespace Systems[edit]
Fakespace Systems is a company that was split from Fakespace, Inc.
Fakespace Systems merged with Mechdyne. Mechdyne Corporation acquired Fakespace Systems.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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.