The History Of Virtual Reality

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Virtual Reality has steadily progressed from where it originally started out. As technology started to grow so did new ideas ranging from the internet to Virtual Reality. These new never seen ideas started off as just a mere thought but slowly started to turn into a reality that could help humanity in a drastic way. The original Virtual Reality interface was the HDM unit that MIT and the University of Utah first developed back in the early sixties and seventies. Ivan Sutherland was mainly responsible for this Virtual Reality idea coming about but had help from cinematographer Morton Heilig. Morton created the first full surround multisensory machine that was called the sensorama which was developed back in 1960 and actually still works till …show more content…

It is stated in this chapter that Virtual Reality “can potentially reduce, if not eliminate all together, the time and space interval between intention and realization.” Virtual Reality can be looked at as a direct technological extension and the design involved in expression of the mental processes. Virtual Reality has offered much more than many people can see from the human eye. An example of this would be how Virtual Reality situations allow for humans to actually enter the content of their extended minds which allows them to create, understand, and interact with their own personal situations and thoughts. It is stated that eventually one day down the road as Virtual Reality technology continues to progress and advance that people will be able to actually meet up in a virtual reality world and work together in virtual situations to help solve and understand …show more content…

Virtual Reality is unique and actually combines the “live” directness of video technology with the flexibility of computer intervention. With the growth of Virtual Reality over the years the industry is pushing toward the constant development in such categories like signal compression and transmission. Trying to improve communication networks and electronic highways it is unique enough to support both special services and broadcasts. With this comes the interesting concept of possible automation becoming autonomation which means that controlled levels of autonomy would turn to automated electronic robots. I think this is an interesting concept to understand as it is very possible to see this take place within the next century or so. I think this could be both beneficial and none beneficial depending on how reliable the technology is during the time as some major safety concerns could take place whether it pertain to vehicles operating themselves or traffic systems solely relying on technology to detect safety

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