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Author Stanley G. Weinbaum released a short story that essentially predicted VR, and inspired some people to work on bringing it to life.
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Sensorama, a fully immersive machine complete with smells, sounds, and other effects like wind in the hair created by Morton Heilig.
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The Sword of Damocles, a head-mounted display linked to a computer was invented by computer scientist Ivan Sutherland.
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an early form of hypermedia, A virtual map of Aspen, Colorado was developed by Andrew Lippman.
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created by Sandin and Defanti, these were the first wired gloves. they monitored movements through light emmiters in the fingers.
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NASA starts using VR in their training sessions to simulate (most often unlikely) situations that may occur when someone is in space.
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VPL Research, Inc. was the first ever company to sell VR goggles and gloves. It was founded by Jaron Lanier and Thomas Zimmerman.
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the term was coined in 1987 by Jaron Lanier, founder of VPL and a man often considered a founding father of virtual reality.
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in 1991, Sega announced that they would release a VR headset compatible with their games, although, due to expenses, it never happened.
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the internet became increasingly widespread in consumer use, making VR more common and easier to access.
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this was intended to be the first portable console to display true VR graphics, although it was discontinued in 1996
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google introduced a service that took 360 degree views of almost everywhere in the world, and you could view it.
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Palmer Luckey designed the Oculus Rift prototype, which boasted a 90 degree field of vision, which was previously unseen in VR.
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Social Media company Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion dollars.
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by 2016, over 230 companies were manufacturing VR products and accessories.
