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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.
Factbot
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.
3D Printing
In 1982, Dr Kodama came up with a 3D printing which used rapid prototyping technique. He used
photosensitive resin which polymerised using UV light.
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