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John’s Favorite Commerical Installation

Posted by John Anderson on: November 4, 2011

Last week I discussed a home installation that brought new opportunities to think outside the box, and now I will share a commercial installation that was equally challenging.

Ball Flight on the PGA TOUR Simulator

Posted by Ben Witter on: September 21, 2011

The aboutGolf PGA TOUR Simulator is truly amazing. But, don’t take my word for it, watch the clip and see it for yourself.

Three Powerful Indoor Golf Center Strategies No One Has Ever Applied

Posted by Bill Bales on: May 20, 2011

To succeed in the indoor golf center business, you have to “work smart,” be aggressive and pursue every opportunity to improve – just as in any business. To paraphrase the great Sam Walton, “Succeeding isn’t about being 100 percent better in one way, it’s about being 1 percent better in a hundred ways.”

What Mr. Walton means is that even if you have great people, a solid plan for managing tee times, excellent food service, a good advertising plan and a well-kept, pleasant physical environment, you’re only partway down the road to success.

Why True 3D Graphics Matter

Posted by Eric Foos on: March 14, 2011

Author Eric Foos is an Environment Development Manager for aboutGolf

The game of golf is literally a competition between man and nature. The best equipment that science can create and money can buy, paired with the best swing man can master, versus the elements: infinitely varying terrain, towering trees, unforgiving heather, gusting winds, brutal sand bunkers, and “magnetic” water. Without realistic elements of nature, the game of golf indoors is fundamentally changed.

Next to accurate ball and club tracking, the next most important requirement of a quality golf simulator is truly realistic three-dimensional graphics. True 3D graphics are graphic environments in which objects are modeled with representative surfaces and textures in all three dimensions and placed in accurate locations.

Within a true 3D environment, any golf shot is possible – good or bad. Let’s consider the role of the environment. After you’ve taken your best swing and our highly accurate ball tracking & physics system has determined where your shot is headed, the environment takes over.