uWink

He has also started a project called uWink, which is a chain of restaurants featuring casual video games you play on the table surface.

Make Your Life More Like a Game 2007

In 2000, he founded a 40-employee L. A.-based start-up called uWink to develop the technology he would need.

PLAYING IT AGAIN 2007

A lot of our games will have the whole restaurant playing together, "Bushnell says of uWink, which is in the process of opening up more branches in California and licenses its entertainment technology to other establishments.

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A lot of our games will have the whole restaurant playing together, "Bushnell says of uWink, which is in the process of opening up more branches in California and licenses its entertainment technology to other establishments.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, left, as Nolan Bushnell, the high-tech entrepreneur behind Atari, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain and uWink restaurants.

Past Tech Trends & Products: Technology Live Archive 2008

Leonardo DiCaprio, left, as Nolan Bushnell, the high-tech entrepreneur behind Atari, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain and uWink restaurants.

Coming to a big screen soon? 2008

It's almost like Bushnell wanted to keep uWink 's inaugural location low-key—a quiet experiment hidden in a lonely, overlooked corner of America.

Atari Founder's Bistro Swaps Touchscreens for Waiters (Sort Of) 2008

In fact, uWink—the latest dining concept from the man who founded both Chuck E. Cheese's and Atari—is filled with grown-ups, all huddled around touchscreen terminals.

Atari Founder's Bistro Swaps Touchscreens for Waiters (Sort Of) 2008

Today, 2,500 uWink interactive-videogame terminals are in bars and restaurants around the world.

PLAYING IT AGAIN 2007

He's now running uWink, which makes entertainment software.

Serial Entrepreneurs 2007