VR NEWS is an international newsletter covering Virtual Reality events and activities. It is published monthly, except for August and December, and is mailed to a worldwide subscriber base, of which around 55% is in the USA. Subscribers include telecommunications and computer corporations, academic research groups, film and other entertainment companies, military establishments, specialist developers, systems integrators, venture capitalists, and private individuals (also one law practice specialising in high-tech litigation . . . .).
The newsletter was launched in January 1992, and complimentary copies of its first two issues were mailed in quantity to a wide variety of organisations in North America, Japan and Europe. The subscriber list is substantial, and growing steadily. Lots of supportive faxes and letters, including one recently from a major supplier of military VR technology, describing VR NEWS as "objective, factual, practical, and above all, relevant".
Each issue is currently 16 pages, and as well as news coverage includes features on specific applications, technology subsystems, and developer companies. We believe we were the first publication to report on several important VR events in North America and Europe, notably IBM's deal with Division, which was trailed in our March issue, and analysed in the April issue. We do not carry advertisements.
VR NEWS is published in London, England. Managing Editor is Mike Bevan (30 years computer industry UK/US; strongly technical origins; founder, CEO and, in 1990, vendor of international high-tech company). Contributing Editors are Tony Osman (award-winning technology journalist for Sunday Times) and Colin Corder (successful computer industry entrepreneur turned author).
Annual subscription charge is 85.00 (UK), 95.00 (outside UK). Payment may be made by cheque in sterling, US dollars ($175.00), or yen (25,000), or by credit card (sterling).
