A company is testing out the concept of turning a movie theater into a year round gaming center in New Hampshire. The HoloDek is a movie theater for gamers, according to the veep of the company.

The company's test site features 42 gaming stations with high-speed personal computers and high-definition screens ranging in size from 17 inches to 13 feet.

Then there's the "half-pipe," which features a screen that is 20 feet wide and 12 feet high. Another creation is a sphere, which is 20 feet in diameter and eventually will offer a 360-degree wraparound gaming effect. The gamer sits inside the sphere on a robot that rumbles, banks, and spins out, providing many of the same effects as a flight simulator.

Most video game players play at home on their computer, game console, or the Internet. But HoloDek officials believe their creation will bring such gamers out of the solitude of their homes.

The place costs $5 an hour and a bit less for members (annual membership is $40). The sphere and half0pipe will run you $1 a minute.

Company tests out gaming in movie theater-type setting [Boston Globe, via EEG News]

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