VPL Research was one of the first companies that developed and sold virtual reality products. It was founded by computer scientist Jaron Lanier in 1984. "VPL" stood for "Virtual Programming Languages". In 1990, VPL Research filed for bankruptcy and in 1998 all of its patents were bought by Sun Microsystems .
4-530: EyePhone may refer to: The EyePhone, a virtual reality headset that was released in 1987 by American company VPL Research The eyePhone, a fictional augmented reality-enabled smart glasses product depicted in the episode " Attack of the Killer App " of the American animated sitcom Futurama See also [ edit ] iPhone Topics referred to by
8-699: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages VPL Research VPL's funding came in part from Marvin Minsky . This device originally started as an input system for computers. It was later used for virtual reality systems. Thomas Zimmerman invented the prototype of the DataGlove and began looking for other people to help work on it. The device used 6502 microcontrollers. Zimmerman met Mitch Altman and asked him to join VPL part-time because Altman knew how to program
12-414: The microcontrollers. The system was wired to a computer. It was interactive and contained fiber-optic bundles to track movements and orientation. That data would then be transmitted to the computer so that the information could be duplicated virtually. It allowed for people to manipulate and re-orient virtual objects. Applications for this wearable device centered on input computer control, gaming, and also
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