Another page in the battles of Kasparov vs. the computers.
X3D Technologies announced that world class chess player, Garry Kasparov will be taking on X3D Fritz in virtual reality, with the chessboard floating in the air between man and computer. Kasparov will neither touch nor move the piecesthe software being used in the game is voice activated.
The championship will be held at the New York Athletic Club in New York City from November 11 to November 18, 2003, in 4 matches with classic time control. The matches will be broadcast by X3D Technologies, live on the Internet at www.X3D.com.
The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) and the United States Chess Federation (USCF) have sanctioned the match as the First Official World Chess Championship “X3D Man vs. Machine” in virtual reality.
