Getting Started - History Reality Caravan
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Living Xperience Reality (VR/AR/MR/XR).
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, which set one of the most important milestones in movie history.
Lascaux French Caves (11.000-7.000 BC)
The exact meaning of the paintings at Lascaux or any of the other sites is still subject to discussion, but the prevailing view attaches a ritualistic or even spiritual component to them, hinting at the sophistication of their creators.
Pygmalion Spectacles (1935)
Probably the First Comprehensive and Specific Fictional Model for Virtual Reality was presented in the book Pygmalion Spectacles (1935) - S. Weinbaum
”BUT what is reality?" asked the gnomelike man. He gestured at the tall banks of buildings that loomed around Central Park, with their countless windows glowing like the cave fires of a city of Cro-Magnon people. "All is dream, all is illusion; I am your vision as you are mine.” - Pygmalion Spectacles
Late 18th & 19th century The predominant mode of landscape representation was the bird’s-eye view. This type of image offered the onlooker a high viewpoint outside the subject depicted within the frame of representation, whether a city, a coastline, or a pastoral scene. In the 19th century the ‘panaroma’ evolved; which was a new method of displaying a landscape image. Painted landscapes were exhibited in a 360-degree view, on a circular canvas strip surrounding the viewer. These paintings were intended to fill the viewer’s entire field of vision, making them feel present at some historical event or scene.
In 1935 Stanley Weinbaum wrote a short story titled “Pygmalion’s Spectacles”. The story was the first depiction of a goggle-based virtual reality system. In it fictional experiences were broken down through holographic recordings incorporating senses like smell and touch.
Sensorama (1950s)
Mid 1950s, Cinematographer Morton Heilig developed the Sensorama (patented 1962), which was an arcade-style theatre cabinet that would stimulate all the senses, not just sight and sound. It featured stereo speakers, a stereoscopic 3D display, fans, smell generators and a vibrating chair. The Sensorama was intended to fully immerse the individual in the film. (source: BoonVR)
Head Mounted Display (1968)
Nathan Joseph explains that in 1968, the next big jump on the virtual reality spectrum came when Ivan Sutherland created the first Head Mounted Display (HMD), with the help of one of Ivan’s student, Bob Sproull.
However, throughout this boom in technological development the term “virtual reality” still wasn’t even a part of our collective lexicons. It wasn’t until the 80’s when, Jaron Lanier popularized the term providing us with a newly colored lens to look at the world through. Soon Lanier’s ideas were promoting storylines in popular science fiction television shows like Star Trek. From there, science fiction writers began to delve into the depths of what VR could encompass. Ultimately, bringing their ideas to the silver screen with movies like Tron (1982), Robocop(1987), and even the early 2000's hit The Matrix Trilogy.
Other Realities: ancient and present
Cairn de Gavrinis is one of the best preserved and most richly decorated in existence, and is considered one of the finest megalithic monuments in the world. The artwork depicts some decorative motifs such as zig-zags, spirals, herring bones, and concentric circles, as well as stylized figures such as humans, goddesses, cows, snakes, axes, bows and arrows, and a sperm whale. Even more amazingly, several of the stones bear evidence of earlier decoration, suggesting that they previously been part of another megalithic monument and were subsequently repurposed to build this cairn.
Hieronymus Bosch
A spellbinding triptych whose nightmarish details recall the modern Surrealist movement, Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” has captivated viewers since its creation, circa 1490–1510.
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