1. Virtual reality Read Levinson’s Second Life
Pioneers: Ivan Sutherland, Jaron Lanier, Mort Heilig

2. Virtual Reality almost reality immersed in an alternative world

3. VR pioneer Ivan Sutherland (b. 1938) MIT grad Computer scientist
Created Sword of Damocles, sketchpad, creator of computer graphics, CAD
Sutherland, Sproull and Associates, which was purchased by Sun Microsystems to form the seed of its research division, Sun Labs, now part of Oracle.

4. Sword of Damocles Created by Ivan Sutherland in 1968 At MIT
First virtual reality “machine”
“HMD” to track movement

5. Mort Heilig (1926-1997) Hollywood’s “father of Virtual Reality”
Created the sensorama around the same time as Cinerama* (1950s)
Initially known as a camera man
*It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

6. The Sensorama
Engaging all your senses
1962

7. Jaron Lanier (b. 1960) Coined the term “virtual reality” in 1980’s
Computer scientist
Worked at Atari (VR gloves & goggles)
Time Magazine's
Linden Labs (SL)
Founded VPL labs

8. The Lawnmower Man Movie based loosely upon Stephen King novel 1992
One of the first VR movies (Tron-1982)
Used computer graphics, special effects
Lauded at the time for FX
first time cyberspace made it to the big screen

9. Current trends
Second life-avatars
Gaming
Medical