The iconic tagline ‘You’ve come a long way, baby’ can, most definitely, be used to describe the amazing journey of today’s poster-boy technologies: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality! Today, AR and VR technologies are driving hugely successful marketing and manufacturing innovations, and are essential to far-reaching developmental goals in the education, health, and public safety sectors.
But, where did it all start? Here’s an infographic that that chronologically tracks the history of its development, from the first stereoscope in 1838, right up to present times when it’s a part of many fantastic mass-marketed gadgets.
The History of Augmented and Virtual Reality:
Infographic by – History Degree