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...player and headset. If you really so desired...
...Virtusphere is like a personal amusement park. Put on the headset and step inside the sphere, and you are projected right into your favorite computer game. All of your motions, including walking and running, are simulated in virtual reality. And if you look over your shoulder, you can "see" what is going on behind you in the game. In addition to game arcades, the virtual sphere can be used to train police and military personnel or to simulate situations for job training...
...Virtusphere represents the technological wizardry of the Latypov brothers, chief executive Nurulla and chief operating officer Nurahmed, both physicists born in Uzbekistan. They have used the same immersive technology to develop an advanced virtual film studio, in which actors don headset and cybersuit to interact in real time with virtual characters and objects in a movie or TV show. The Latypovs are also working on technology that will let viewers interact with virtual characters in the TV studio from their homes with a mouse, computer and fast Internet connection...
Those who have worked with White House strategist KARL ROVE can't say when he last took a vacation. Even gripped by a severe cold during the campaign, Rove was hooting into his headset. But this week the political guru will enjoy some R. and R. in Florida. He has little choice. This is a relaxed and productive White House (Damn it!), and chief of staff ANDY CARD wants it to stay that way. Top-level staff members--most of whom lost their postelection break to the Florida fiasco--are being told they must take time off. Card needles...
...these phones to the sides of their heads," says Carlo, who this month published a scathing book about his findings, called Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age (Carroll & Graf; $25). Carlo maintains that his data show plenty of cause for concern; he uses a hands-free headset that keeps his frequently busy mobile phone away from his brain. But J.E. Moulder, a cancer specialist at the Medical College of Wisconsin and an occasional consultant to the cell-phone industry, questions Carlo's scientific studies and conclusions...