Where Did Augmented Reality Come From?

The common insult "out of touch with reality" refers to those with abnormal thoughts and ideas, but the negative connotation didn't scare foward-thinkers away from trying to create a version of the world that was unreal, but in a good way.

Over the past few decades, this artificial view of the physical world -- known as augmented reality -- matured from a scientist's plaything to a part of daily life. Augmented reality is defined as a composite, or false view of the world created by computer-generated images, in real time.

Morton Heilig is known as the "Father of Virtual reality" for his research and inventions in the '50s and '60s. He patented the Sensorama Stimulator (shown on…
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