Thomas P Caudell of Boeing first coined the phrase ‘ augmented reality ’ in 1990 .

According to interaction-design . org , the first conception of the term occurred in a novel by Frank L Baum , written in 1901 , in which a set of electronic glasses mapped data onto people ; it was called a “ character marker ”.

Sensorama Cinematographer Morton Heilig invented the ‘ Sensorama ’, which delivered visuals , sounds , vibrations and smells to the viewer . Though naturally not controlled by a computer at this time , it was the first example of an attempt at adding additional data to an experience .

Head mounted displays Ivan Sutherland the American computer scientist and early Internet influence , with his students Bob Sproull , Quintin Foster , Danny Cohen , and others , created the first headmounted display that rendered images for the viewer ' s changing pose , as sensed by The Sword of Damocles , thus making the first virtual reality system . This was one of the earliest windows into a virtual world , but the technology made the invention impractical for mass use .

Virtual reality / Wearables Myron Krueger , an American computer artist , developed the first ‘ virtual reality ’ interface in the form of ‘ Videoplace ’. This artificial reality laboratory created an artificial reality that surrounded the users and responded to their movements and actions , without being encumbered by the use of goggles or gloves . Then in 1980 , Steve Mann , a computational photography researcher , gave the world wearable computing .

18 August 2022