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Virtual reality units available for parts

An O'Shea product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Dec 31, 2001

A company in Kansas City has 6,000 Aura Virtual Reality Units for sale at $20 each, which can have the power shaker and power amp stripped for all sorts of uses, saving a lot of money

A company in Kansas City, Missouri (USA) owns 6,000 Aura Virtual Reality Units and is selling them for $20 each.

Engineering departments in various Universities have discovered that they can "strip" the power shaker inside these units along with power amp and save thousands of dollars to use these in various tests.

Some professors and engineers have said they pay close to $1,000 for similar "shakers" that do the same job as the Aura shaker ($20).

Some of the Engineering departments that have purchased these are Duke University (Henri Gavin), Virginia Tech Univ (Steve Booth), Wyoming University (John McInroy), Michigan Tech (Chirs Dehlin) and many others.

NASA is currently testing these units to see if they can be used by their researchers.

What are they used to test? They are used for Active Vibration cancellation and in one instance another lab uses these "power shakers" in an active vibration isolation demonstration to minimise low frequency noise radiated by submarines and other equipment.

You can see more information and even order these devices through the O'Shea website.

When you go to O'Shea site scan down to where it says "Aura Virtual Reality" and click on it and it will take you to the page that will show you a picture of the Aura along with how to order.

O'Shea's site is www.atariclassic.com.

O'Shea will also take you back to the 80's for a minute when you see their 1 Million Atari games, the Aura and Atari are stored in an Underground Limestone Cave 150 feet below the surface (which you can visit at their site) in Kansas City, Missouri.

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