EMERGING TRENDS IN COMPUTING
VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY
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Ivan Sutherland
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Bill Evans
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Steve Lesler
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Amanda Sheldons
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1968 Ivan Sutherland and his student Bob Sproull created the first VR / AR head mounted display (Sword of Damocles) that was connected to a computer and not a camera. It was a large and scary looking contraption that was too heavy for any user to comfortably wear and was suspended from the ceiling (hence its name).
Detailed explanation-2: -Ivan E. Sutherland. In 1963, Ivan Sutherland engineered a revolution in computer graphics with his highly-interactive program Sketchpad. It enabled users to design and draw in real time directly on the computer display, using a light pen.
Detailed explanation-3: -Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for “his pioneering and visionary contributions to computer graphics, starting with Sketchpad, and continuing after.” Sutherland is often recognized as the father of computer graphics.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jaron Zepel Lanier (/ˈdʒeɪrɪn lɪˈnɪər/, born May 3, 1960) is an American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music. Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G.