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Winky Dink and You, by Harry W. Prichett and Edwin Brit Wyckoff, was the first interactive television programme facilitated two-way communication between viewers -
Morton Leonard Heilig created a passive experience of cinema called Sensorama or the first VR. -
Morton Leonard Heilig patented the sensorama.
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Myron Krueger developed the first computer-based interactive art called Glowflow which had an interactive environment activated by viewer’s footsteps using pressure-sensitive pads -
The first microprocessor was released by Intel. Most advanced games in the past were large computers requiring large machinery and parts. The microprocessor miniaturised such requirements and led to the development of smaller and more portable devices such as personal computers, calculators and gaming consoles. -
Pong, the first arcade video game with a multimedia interface. It is considered one of the first commercially successful video games. -
Xerox launched the first graphical user interface, Alto, featuring windows, icons and menus. GUIs revolutionised user experience by making computers more accessible to non-technical users with intuitive interfaces that allowed more efficient digital interaction. -
The Video Home System (VHS), used for recording video on cassette tapes, was invented in 1976 by JVC. -
The first joystick console video game was released with the Atari 2600, introducing more intuitive gaming and precise control. It popularised home gaming, largely due to Pong, a featured game. -
Pac-man was released, resulting in the rapid high demand of video game consoles like the Atari 2600. -
The first true ‘laptop’ was invented by Adam Osborne (called Osborne 1) -
The first touchscreen home computer was invented by computer specialist company Hewlett-Packard (now ‘HP’). -
The Apple Lisa introduced the idea of a menu bar and window controls in GUI. -
Camcorders where introduced to the public market, allowed people to record up to 2 hours of video on VHS tapes. -
Apple released the Macintosh computer with the new and improved Graphical User Interface (GUI), developed from ideas from Xeros Alto and the Apple Lisa, forever changing the way computers worked and where produced. It featured a mouse for the first time as well. -
WWW (World Wide Web), a developed form of the internet that allowed users to share content online, was developed in the 90s (1989 by Tim Berners-Lee). -
The first web page was put online (http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html.) The producers set out to restore it in 2013. -
While the SMS concept had existed for quite some time, it wasn't until December 3, 1992 that engineer Neil Papworth sent a message to Richard Jarvis' Vodafone Orbitel 901 handset. The message was "MERRY CHRISTMAS". -
The first web browser that could display images was introduced (Mosaic now Netscape). -
WiFi was introduced at a 2Mbit/s link speed. -
Google was officially launched by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University. -
WiFi was updated allowing for 11Mbit/s link speeds. -
The first ever consumer Bluetooth device was a hands-free mobile headset that launched in 2000. -
The original iPod, introduced on October 23, 2001, was the first MP3 player to pack a mind-blowing 1,000 songs and a 10-hour battery into a stunning 6.5-ounce package. -
Android Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. -
A Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook. -
It was registered on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce company PayPal.