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Have any of these recent articles mentioned Jaron Lanier? I haven't seen his name mentioned in the discussions, but he did some of the early, seminal work on VR and is generally credited with either coming up with the name or getting it in to the popular vocabulary. Let's not forget the pioneers.

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Yes, that is a strange omission. My first VR experience was using his equipment at a VR conference in the 90's, playing a virtual tennis game. It was cool as hell, but during a 'racket' swing, I accidentally smacked an observer that got too close. I still like to think it was one of the first "VR accidents."

Just a few years later, I bought one of these: http://www.mindflux.com.au/products/io-display/iglass3D.html

It was crude and required way too many cables, but playing Descent was awesome.

Not to mention that he was just on a book tour in the last year, so he shouldn't exactly be hard to find.

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