1. Virtual Reality
Team 4

2. Virtual Reality History: 1950s-1960s
Computers were “glorified adding machines”
Douglas Engelbart - tools for digital display
Morton Heilig’s Sensorama
1960s the idea was accepted
Sword of Damocles - head mounted display

3. Virtual Reality History: 1960s-1970s
Flight simulator for the Air Force
Thomas A. Furness III, 1966
Aspen Movie Map
Military experimented with head-mounted displays
Computer-generated graphics replaced videos/models

4. Virtual Reality History: 1980s
Virtual reality coined by Jaron Lanier
Research area now had a name
Founder of visual programming lab (VPL)
Dataglove and EyePhone head mounted display
First to sell Virtual Reality goggles

5. Virtual Reality History: 1990s(cont.)
Limited computing power
Many ideas were theoretical
Medical, flight, and military training
Otherwise VR industry was silent

6. Virtual Reality History: 1990s(cont.)
Technical difficulties
Sega VR headset (prototype phase)
Nintendo Virtual Boy (Discontinued after year)

7. Virtual Reality History: 2000s-Present
Rapid advancement
Phones with 3D graphics capabilities
Google Street View
Oculus Rift
Project Morpheus
Google Cardboard

8. Oculus Rift VS Gear VR Oculus Rift Gear VR Optical Lens 110 96
Availability
Yes
Refresh Rate(Hz) 90 60
Preferred Use
Personal
Development

9. Societal Problems Motion sickness Reality vs Fantasy Desensitisation
Virtual criminality

10. Our Solutions Time Constraints on device Warnings made clear to users
Addiction Therapy for gamers
Experimentation before deployment

11. Future Problems Critical Mission Stimulation Connection or Isolation?
Trustworthy?
Connection or Isolation?
Avoiding real life?
Computer Addicts
New Definition being human
Are Avatars Human?

12. Sources http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html
The-Future-of-Virtual-Reality.html