Escape Helmet: How virtual reality will grow in 2016

2015 was the year virtual reality finally shed its niche status and made real inroads into mainstream culture

From the early years, back in 1838 with the introduction of the Wheatstone Stereoscope, to 1968 and the debut of Ivan Sutherland’s head-mounted display (considered to be the first VR headset by some), to the founding of VPL Research in the ‘80s by Jaron Lanier (who coined the term "virtual reality"), today’s VR devices have been a long time coming. But after many decades of dashed hopes for mainstream VR — tantalizingly illustrated in sci-fi films like The Lawnmower Man — VR for the masses is finally here Read more...