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Product Description
The World's First Altasphere, an interactive, talking globe. It was released in early 1997, as a late release for the 1996 Christmas season. It was sold through specialty retailers such as Sharper Image and Hammacher Schlemmer. The user interacts with the globe by touching the surface of the globe with an attached pen. The globe then calculated a latitude/longitude position which was used to determine the location touched. This position sensing was implemented using a patented technology called NearTouch developed by Explore Technologies
