COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

FUTURE TRENDS IN COMPUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which decade saw the debut of augmented reality technology?
A
1960s
B
1970s
C
1980s
D
1990s
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first AR technology was developed in 1968 at Harvard when computer scientist Ivan Sutherland (named the “father of computer graphics”) created an AR head-mounted display system.

Detailed explanation-2: -AR found its origin in the 1960’s, when pioneer Ivan Sutherland developed the ‘Sword of Damocles’ at the University of Salt Lake City in the United States. The device was a head-mounted three-dimensional display functioning as a pair of glasses to view images in 3D.

Detailed explanation-3: -1990: Tom Caudell, a Boeing researcher, coined the term ‘augmented reality’.

There is 1 question to complete.