• the sensorama

    the sensorama

    using high resolution (at the time) and smells and sounds the sensorama was made for 6 movies which fully inversed the users in their movie of choice
  • Period: to

    vr timeline

  • headmounted vr

    headmounted vr

    the lab bound head mounted vr set "sword of damocles" was never released to the public for it being to heavy it needed to be strapped to a ceiling to be usable
  • the videoplace

    the videoplace

    the video place vr set used camera's, a dark room and screens to place someone in vr using silhouettes of the person on the screens other people could interact with the world from outside giving the first idea that vr could be used for long distance communication
  • VPL research

    VPL research

    Jaron Lanier and Thomas Zimmerman founded VPL Research, Inc. This company is known as the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves. They developed a range of VR equipment, such as, the DataGlove, EyePhone HMD and the Audio Sphere.
  • VR astronaut training

    VR astronaut training

    using vr scott foster founded a crystal river engineering inc after being contracted by NASA to make the VIEW headet which was the first headset with audio
  • PTSD help

    PTSD help

    in 1997 a virtual veitnam was mad to help veterans with their ptsd
  • the birth of the height of vr

    the birth of the height of vr

    luckey launched a kickstarted for his "oculus rift" which raised 2.1M
  • the vr 5 years ago

    the vr 5 years ago

    the htc vive worked with steam vr by 2016 almost all their current vr sets were with high graphics full audio and had controllers to interact with the virtual world
  • the last major break through

    the last major break through

    beatsaber became the first vr game to reach 1M purchases and many have called this our current height in VR