Bushnell to head high tech, family-oriented E2000 venture.LOS ALTOS Los Altos (lôs ăl`tōs, lŏs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,303), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1952. There is diversified light manufacturing. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1995--Nolan Bushnell, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Atari Corporation and Pizza Time Theater, today launched a new venture aimed at providing interactive entertainment and learning plus dining for the family of the 90's and the next millennium. Bushnell is Chairman and CEO of E2000(TM), which applies state-of-the-art virtual technology to three leisure areas -- Entertainment, Education and Exercise -- and includes an interactive dining area for the entire family, all within a 25,000 square-foot environment. Bushnell said, "In the past 25 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time game business has stagnated to some degree in ways that are disappointing. Since I left the business over 15 years ago I have been able to look at the industry's health and vitality from the outside and for the past several months, my staff and I have been working to create not just a series of new games, but new game types, environments and delivery mechanisms to support them. "The E2000(TM) experience with its advanced high tech interactivity applied in several modes is the result of that work. I believe these centers will be solid, wholesome whole·some adj. whole·som·er, whole·som·est 1. Conducive to sound health or well-being; salutary: simple, wholesome food; a wholesome climate. 2. attractions for the modern, accomplishment-oriented family," Bushnell added. "The first E2000(TM) Interactive Family Center will be opened in Silicon Valley this year. A number of franchise locations are expected to be ready in 1996. The project's name, E2000(TM), represents unparalleled excellence in Entertainment, Education and Exercise," Bushnell stated. A dining room will offer a variety of leisure meal choices prepared in a 6,000 square foot exhibition kitchen. Tables equipped with response buttons will encourage guests to play along with their favorite sporting, television, movie or game show events. The Entertainment area will offer four interactive attractions: Virtual Immersive Theater (VIT VIT Vitro VIT Vitality (Final Fantasy) VIT Vitreous VIT Victorian Institute of Teaching (Australia) VIT Vellore Institute of Technology (Tamil Nadu, India) ); Zopen(TM), GroupACT(TM), and ConcertV(TM). The 30-customer VIT(TM) provides new entertainment experiences in small powerful, software-operated theaters. Each incorporates multiple screens in various dimensions and locations interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. with animated, computer-controlled objects. Digital images and sounds are easily manipulated and coordinated with physical objects. GameNet(TM) provides networked games allowing several hundred people to compete in leagues. It will also offer Zopen(TM), an area of mind games for multiple players in new formats of old favorite games. KidSpace(TM), an area for children 6 and under, includes interactive musical gall crawl and closed circuit video climbing tubes. A computer activity wall permits art, creative writing and musical participation. Story telling is also part of KidSpace. In the Education section, young guests will participate in a computer learning program with an integrated curriculum of math, science and English. They will be able to learn a second language, play a game that teaches them how to be more creative, or design a line of greeting cards See e-card. . Professional staff will help students with homework and other activities. Students will be rewarded for progress with game time, tokens and food discounts encouraging them to extend their stay and repeat their visit. Close cooperation with local schools, including a transportation co-op, will enhance the value to both student and parents. Exercise. When not in use, the VIT and the FutureSportz areas provide a unique venue for aerobic aerobic /aer·o·bic/ (ar-o´bik) 1. having molecular oxygen present. 2. growing, living, or occurring in the presence of molecular oxygen. 3. requiring oxygen for respiration. 4. workouts, active participatory team and individual games, and sports training Sports training refers to specialized strategies and methods of exercise used in various sports to develop athletes and prepare them for performing in sporting events. Sports training methods . Using the computer-generated instruct feature, participants may actually take an aerobics aerobics (ârō`biks), [Gr.,=with oxygen], system of endurance exercises that promote cardiovascular fitness by producing and sustaining an elevated heart rate for a prolonged period of time, thereby pumping an increased amount of oxygen-rich class from their own personal trainer personal trainer person n → (persönlicher) Fitnesstrainer m, (persönliche) Fitnesstrainerin f standing on the beach in Hawaii. Children can participate in "gymboree-like" activities while other guests are learning a new sport or improving their golf swing or tennis service. Unique games provide as much or as little aerobic workout as desired. E2000 offers a fully integrated family leisure center that is software driven and can easily be repurposed. The Centers are expected to become a hub of community entertainment, education, exercise and dining. CONTACT: E2000 Debi Nason, 415/851-6422 |
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