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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

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However, true immersion did not arrive until 1968, when Utah University professor Ivan Sutherland, his student Bob Sproull, and others created the world’s first head-mounted display (HMD). Some people could attribute the first VR experience to the View-Master, a stereoscopic toy invented in 1939.

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Optitrack Reveals Tracking Puck For Full-Body VR Immersion

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When I tried the latest installation of The VOID earlier this year in Utah I encountered what I think is likely the pinnacle of immersion possible in 2017, with one major limit. HTC is developing its own tracking puck that’s already been distributed to developers that could perform many of these same functions.

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