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First Head-Mounted Display System
Ivan Sutherland developed the first head-mounted display system. The system used computer-generated graphics to show users simple wire-frame drawings. -
Videoplace
Myron Krueger built an 'artificial reality' lab called the Videoplace. The Videoplace combined projectors with video cameras that transmitted silhouettes to screens, surrounding users in an interactive realm. -
Coined the term 'Augmented Reality'
Tom Caudell, a boeing researcher, first uses the term. -
Virtual Fixers
Louis Rosenberg develops Virtual Fixers - one of the earliest functioning Augmented Reality systems, built for the airforce.The full upper-body exoskeleton allowed the military to direct machinery from a remote operating space. -
'Dancing in Cyberspace'
Julie Martin creates the first augmented reality theatre production, featuring acrobats dancing in and around virtual objects on their physical stages. -
Battlefield Augmented Reality System (BARS)
Naval researchers begin working on BARS - the original model of wearable units for soldiers. -
ARToolKit
Hirokazu Kato creates the ARToolKit - an open source software library that uses video tracking to overlay computer graphics on a video camera. -
Volkswagen MARTA app
The MARTA (Mobile Augmented Reality Technical Assistance) provides virtual step-by-step repair assistance, allowing service technicians to foresee how a repair process will look on the vehicle in front of them. -
Google Glass
Google announces shipment of Google Glass devices for consumers, thus cementing the trend of wearable augmented reality. -
Microsoft Hololens
Microsoft HoloLens is the first self-contained, holographic computer, enabling you to engage with your digital content and interact with holograms in the world around you. It has been available for pre-order since 2016.
