The Making Of: Virtuality, The 1990s Pioneer That Sold The World On VR

“The Americans took to this like you wouldn’t believe”.

The following is an edited extract from the book Curious Video Game Machines by Lewis Packwood, which explores the stories behind rare and unusual consoles, computers and coin-ops. In this chapter, Lewis focuses on the history of the 1990s company Virtuality, which pioneered virtual reality arcade machines in the early 1990s.

We pick up the story after Lewis has run through some early VR experiments, such as the EyePhone headset created by former Atari employee Jarion Lanier, and now we focus on four graduates in late-eighties Leicester…

Read the full article on timeextension.com

“The Americans took to this like you wouldn’t believe”.

The following is an edited extract from the book Curious Video Game Machines by Lewis Packwood, which explores the stories behind rare and unusual consoles, computers and coin-ops. In this chapter, Lewis focuses on the history of the 1990s company Virtuality, which pioneered virtual reality arcade machines in the early 1990s.

We pick up the story after Lewis has run through some early VR experiments, such as the EyePhone headset created by former Atari employee Jarion Lanier, and now we focus on four graduates in late-eighties Leicester…

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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