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GameCom Announces Agreement Between Ferris and Chevrolet; Ferris to Produce ”Chevrolet’s Olympic Torch City Celebration Tour”
Filed Under Chevy Cars
ARLINGTON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 13, 2001
GameCom, Inc. (OTCBB:GAMZ), www.GameComInc.com, a leader in interactive Internet gaming, today announced that Ferris Productions, Inc., www.FerrisVR.com, the world’s largest virtual reality entertainment company, which will be acquired by GameCom, has agreed with Chevrolet (NYSE:GM) to produce and manufacture “Chevrolet’s Olympic Torch City Celebration Tour.”
The “Chevrolet Olympic Torch City Celebration Tour” is scheduled to begin in mid-September 2001 and will promote Chevrolet’s sponsorship of the Olympic Torch Relay and America’s Olympic athletes. The tour, which will focus on the 2002 United States Olympic Ski Team, will follow the 65-day 2002 Winter Olympic torch through nearly 60 American cities. For the tour, Ferris is developing a 360-degree, photo realistic, first person experience of the breathtaking 120K ski jump at the Olympic venue in Park City, Utah.
“With the successful completion of the filming of the ski jump, we have again pushed the technical envelope for immersive virtual reality experiences,” commented Lance Loesberg, GameCom/Ferris’ executive vice-president. “We look forward to parlaying our success with Chevrolet into additional relationships and projects for blue chip companies, which increasingly use innovative, high-tech promotional programs.”
