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Gaming Joysticks

                 In  1967,  Ralph  Bauer  Eckert  created  Gaming  joystick
                 which was used in the SEGA’s Arcade game. This was the
                 first gaming joystick with a fire button to steer and shoot
                 missiles into oncoming planes displayed on a screen.

















                                                     Virtual Reality

                                                     Ivan Sutherland created the first head mounted display called
                                                     Sword of Damocles in 1968. It was connected to a computer.
                                                     The idea behind its creation was to change the perspective
                                                     image as the user moved his head.









                               Brainy Fact


                    In 1960, inventor Morton Heilig patented the idea of VR headset. At that time it was

                    known as Telesphere Mask.




                 Multi-Touch Technology
                 It was Control Data Corporation who released
                 single touch point terminal of 16x16 array for

                 the first time in 1972, as its user interface. Plato
                 IV came up with a touch panel for graphic
                 interaction and it required 16 MB RAM.














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