Iwerks Entertainment Inc, a Burbank, California company that includes Sun Microsystems Inc among its backers, says it plans to open movie park entertainment centres that will combine large-screen formats, simulation and virtual reality technologies to create a futuristic cinematic city: it plans to open the first Cinetropolis in August at the Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, and has also signed an agreement with the Japanese trading firm Itochu Corp to launch a network of Cinetropolises throughout the Far East and Asia; Cinetropolis will be a virtual city of cinemas featuring five separate sites: an Iwerks Video 360 circular theatre an Iwerks 870 giant screen theatre, an Iwerks Virtual Reality simulation theater, and a live performance theatre, all built around a street scene featuring bars, restaurants, retail stores and promotional marketing space.
