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Virtual Reality

1997
This web site introduces you to the history of virtual reality, beginning with Ivan Sutherland's ideas in 1965. What equipment is needed to create and manipulate virtual reality? How will virtual reality affect our lives? It can facilitate construction of better buildings, enhanced education, and better medical training. But some people have problems using it due to vision problems or lack of coordination between the eye, brain, and inner ear.