Vintage Virtual Reality

It was intention that my February 2016 post would be the start of the chronicling of the construction of the maker-space in my new house, but that turned out to be wishful thinking, as we haven’t moved in yet. Maybe next month…

Anyway, as I’ve no projects to show due to my current workshop having been packed up into crates, I though that I’d share this piece of video that I found languishing on an old VHS tape in my loft. It’s an excerpt on the latest developments in virtual reality from the BBC science & technology show “Tomorrow’s World”, and was broadcast in 1990.

Link: Virtual Reality – BBC “Tomorrow’s World” 1990

I remember being utterly captivated watching this, and have waited for 26 years for the technology to mature! I really hope that I’m not disappointed when I finally get to try an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or Playstation VR…