VR By totem584. 375 BCE 375 BCE: virtual reality of the mind 1838 1838: The Stereoscope 1851 1851: Berenvilles invention 1876 1876: Nipkows patented disk-based method 1929 1929: The Link Trainer 1961 1961: The first VR headset the Headsight 1962 1962: Morton Heilig’s industrious inventions 1965 1965: The conceptualization of the VR display 1987 1987: The term ‘virtual reality’ is born Period: 1995 to 1995 1995: The Virtual Boy 2012 2012: Virtual reality revived by the Oculus Rift 2016 2016: HTC enters the game with outside in tracking 2018 2018: Mobile VR moves, giving way for standalone VR 2020 2020: Building on a winning formula Period: 2020 to 3000 The future: Thin and light extended reality in the metaverse
