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From: kddlab!lkbreth.foretune.co.jp!trebor@uunet.UU.NET (Robert J Woodhead)
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Subject: Re: Where are the Women?
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Date: 27 Mar 91 02:09:40 GMT
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I wrote:

>On a more serious note (?) I went to a place in Shinjuku yesterday where they
>are using VR (standard VPL stuff) to sell, are you ready for this, kitchens
 and dining rooms.  It's an experimental program (natch) and probably just
>a high tech tax dodge, but you just choose which components you want in your 
>dream kitchen, donn the eyephones, and off you go.

And our esteemed moderator (TM) [M's Note: "TM"?] asked:

>[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  Is this the Matsushita installation written up in the
>Japanese press?  If so, this newsgroup is received by the Matsushita team
>who will, I hope, respond to inquiries about this application. -- Bob J.]

No, I don't think so.  It's being done by a major kitchen and home
environment company.  The whole floor is dedicated to neat stuff for the
house.  Lots of wierd stuff, including some incredible massaging chairs
($3000 to $8000!).  Also a nice little coffee shop that has wonderful
english scones (3 large ones, with cream and jam on top, plus coffee
or tea, for Y600 ($3.75).  When we saw the price (yasui desu yo! -- cheap
for Tokyo) we knew this must be Virtual Reality.


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