Optional Field trip (costs to be borne by the employee):

WHAT: A 3-D projection in space gizmo - "you will want to reach out
		and touch them but they are not there".

WHERE: Oasis Nightclub/Bar/Disco
       400 N. First, San Jose (cross street: Julian)
       ...popular with S.J. State people or so I hear...

WHEN: This week only (?), opens about 3 PM every day, evening is best due to 
       better lighting or lack thereof.

WHY: Can we make a coin-op product out of this thing? With or without video?

DETAILS:
     Somebody called Momoda, and Momoda gave him my name and then he called me 
     so this is out of the blue...

	1) Company is Grand Mirage, 1322 White Oak Rd., Campbell, CA
	2) President is Steve Welck - (408) 377-5334
	3) They have a demo unit installed at the Oasis for a limited time
	   which makes viewing rather convenient. If we are interested Steve
	   said they could set up a unit here at Atari Games for a week or so.
	4) The product is called a "Real Image Projector". Through a
	   set of optics and a focusing mechanism, they scan a real 3-D
	   object (must be physically present) and re-project in a specified
	   space. The current display at the Oasis is called "Asteroid Storm"
	   and is made of a ping-pong balls. 
	5) Steve described an Oasis customer who came in with a real chain saw
	   as part of a halloween costume (no chain) and started it up! 
           Steve got him to take it into the "box"  and start up the chain saw.
           The other customers then could test their nerve by waving their 
	   hand through the projected chain saw.
	6) Steve says one unit is permanantly installed at the Magic
	   Castle Night Club in Hollywood in the Houdini room. If you toss a
	   quarter in a fish bowl, a skull is projected into the room and it
	   blows a party favor at you. He says it is a big hit.
	7) One product is called the model 50. It is 30" high, 30" deep, and
	   50" wide. The opening or viewing port is about 14" x 18". "An 
	   object can come out about 36 inches," according to Steve. A model
	   50 with injection molded optics costs under $1000. They have made
	   smaller units with 30 inch optics and a viewing port about
	   9" x 15" for under $500.
	8) He is sending me some literature.

At this point it seems more like a curiosity, but you never know.

There is a gzmo in the focus group viewing room that you should check out.
It projects an image of a real object in space - in this case, pingpong
balls. Does it have application in a coin-op game? Let me know if you
think it has potential...
	a) Could be used to "float" video from one CRT on top of another...
	b) Could be used to project a fascinating image - people might 
	   drop a quarter in just to see:
		- a chain saw; wave your hand thru it.
		- Rambling Ray appears and tells a joke.
		- a skull appears, calls you names and "spits" at you.
		- ????
	c) people might pay to get inside and project their head or body part
	d) ???
	d) ???