SPEAKING

INVENTIONS
iPhone
INVENTIONS
iPhone (2007)
Virtual Reality Headset
INVENTIONS
HMD “The Sword In 1968 Ivan Sutherland at the
University of Utah, with the help of
of Damocles” his student Bob Sproull, created the
first Virtual Reality (VR) head
(1968) mounted display system.

Sutherland's head mounted display

was so heavy that it had to be
suspended from the ceiling, and the
formidable appearance of the device
inspired its name—the Sword of
Damocles. The system was primitive
both in terms of user interface and
realism, and the graphics comprising
the virtual environment were simple
wireframe rooms.
Oculus Rift (2010)