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Mortin Heilig created a multi-sensor simulator called Sensorama
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Ivan Sutherland proposed the solution of virtual reality: an artificial world that includes graphics.
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Ivan Sutherland created the first Virtual Reality headset
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Thomas Furness at the US Air Force’s Armstrong Medical Research Laboratories made an Airborne Systems Simulator – an advanced flight simulator.
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The VPL company manufactures the "DataGlove" and the "Eye-phone"
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Lanier popularized the term “Virtual Reality”.
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Scott Foster received a contract from NASA to develop the audio element of VR.
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A NASA scientist named Antonio Medina made a VR system to drive the Mars robot rovers from earth in between the planets.
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SEGA created a VR arcade game called SEGA VR-1
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Nintendo released the "Virtual Boy console" which was discontinued one year later.
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Georgia Tech and Emory University created war zone scenarios with VR for people receiving exposure therapy for PTSD
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Google released street view
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The cardboard headset was introduced
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VR becomes widely available to the public
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Hundreds of companies are producing VR games
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Companies are producing their own headsets