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12:26 pm Thu
Sep 20, 2007
BB reader Patrick says,
A system launched by the Czechs at the Montreal Expo 1967, touted as the world's first attempt at 'interactive cinema', was recently revived in the Prague theatre where it was first tested. Intriguingly, the Hollywood studios came close to licensing the "Kinoautomat" technology.
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