1. The old New Media: an historical perspective on Virtual Reality.
Tobias Bowman, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine
25 Jan 2016

4. Definition of Virtual Reality
Temporal and technological:
A technology developed in the late 60s, comprising a head mounted display, connected to a computer, and presenting to the user 3D computer- generated images which move with them in order to create an illusion of immersion.

5. The first Virtual Reality: Ivan Sutherland’s Sword of Damocles in 1968.

6. Pix-Elation, 10 (1994), p 7. This ad offers a “low-cost” headset for $1,995.

8. Jaron Lanier, wearing a VPL DataGlove and HMD in 1989.

12. “HARSH REALITY IS THAT VIRTUAL REALITY COULD CAUSE PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE” Headline – Newswire, 2 June 1995.
“Virtual Boy is a Virtual Snore” Headline – Hamilton Spectator, 21 September 1995.
“Nintendo’s Virtual Boy is a reality (with flaws)” – Waterloo Region Record, 14 December 1995.
“Virtual Boy creates trouble” Headline – Winnipeg Free Press, 2 April 1996.
“Virtual Boy developer to quit” Headline – New York Times, 15 August 1996.

13. Medical student using VR for training in 2000.

14. Sony Glasstron HMD, 1999/2000.

15. “Virtual Reality comes home” – Peterborough Examiner, 18 Jan 2014.
“United States Augmented and Virtual Reality Market to Surge” – TechSci Research, 22 January 2014.
“The future of media and entertainment is not going to be a 2D screen” – PR NewsWire, 11 August 2014.
“Virtual reality is going to shape the future of media”, Eric Williams, US Fed News, 2 November 2015

16. Sony’s new virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, goes on sale this year.

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