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Ivan Sutherland developed the first head mounted display system. It used computer generated images to show users simple wire frame drawings.
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Myron Kreuger created an artificial laboratory called Videoplace. It used cameras and projectors to surround users with a visual lab.
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Boeing researcher Tom Cordell coins the phrase 'augmented reality'
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Louis Rosenburg develops Virtual Fixtures, one of the earliest working AR systems, for the Air Force. An upper body exoskeleton allowed the military to control virtually guided machinery from a remote location.
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Julie Martin creates the first ever AR theatre production, 'Dancing in Cyberspace'
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The first AR yellow first down line is shown during the 1998 Superbowl.
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Nasa X-38 Spacecraft is flown using Hybrid Synthetic Vision system that uses augmented reality to overlay map data to provide advanced mapping and route planning.
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Hirokatu Kazo creates open source software named ARToolKit. This is still used to widely compliment many Augmented Reality experiences - including 2016's Pokemon Go.
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ARToolKit brings AR to web browsers
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Esquire Magazine prompted users to scan a page to see Rob Downey Junior to come alive on the page - a first for print media.
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Car manufacturers start to use augmented reality for interactive manuals in car software. Voltswagen MARTA app allows technicians to see what a repair will look like on a car before they have made the fix.
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Google announce the first shipments of Google Glass 1 - this starts the modern trend of wearable augmented reality.
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Magic Leap announce the largest investment in AR to date with a $50 million sum.
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Augmented and Virtual reality investment reaches $700m in this year.
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Microsoft HoloLens Developer Kit ships this year - their first stab into AR Technology.
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Augmented Reality investment reaches $1.1bn
