The history of VR

By Elijah Wilson

  • The Stereoscope

    The Stereoscope
    Charles Wheatstone was born on February 6th, 1802, in Gloucester. He invented the stereoscope in 1838

  • The lenticular stereoscope

    The lenticular stereoscope
    David Brewster, born in born December 11, 1781, Jedburgh, Gloucestershire, Scotland, is the inventor of the lenticular stereoscope which was made in 1849

  • Link trainer

    Link trainer
    A flight Simulator made by Edward Link who was born in July 26, 1904. It was controlled by motors that connected to the rudder and steering column to improve the pitch and roll.

  • The View-Master

    The View-Master
    William Gruber, born 1935 invented the The View-Master and marketed by Harold Graves who was born on 1909 Madrid, Iowa.

  • The Morton Heilig’s Sensorama

    The Morton Heilig’s Sensorama
    Morton Heilig born December 22, 1926. The Morton Heilig’s Sensorama which was a arcade-style theatre that affected all your senses with a stereoscopic 3D display, fans, smell generators and a vibrating chair.

  • The first VR Head Mounted Display

    The first VR Head Mounted Display
    The next in invention Morton Heilig who was born in December 22, 1926 made was the Head Mounted Display The headset provided stereoscopic 3D and wide vision with stereo sound but it also didn't have any motion tracking.

  • First motion tracking head mounted display (HMD)

    First motion tracking head mounted display (HMD)
    Two engineers from the Philco Corporation by the names of Comeau & Bryan. the headset was not used used for virtual reality (which wasn't a term that didn’t exist then) it was used to scoop out dangers situations by the military.

  • The Ultimate display

    The Ultimate display
    Ivan Sutherland born May 16, 1938 invented a devise by the name of The Ultimate display. The Ultimate display viewed through a HMD and appeared realistic through augmented 3D sound and tactile feedback,Gave the ability users to interact with objects in the virtual world, and used computer hardware to create the virtual word and maintain it in real time.