From: diego@minerva.st.dsi.unimi.it (Diego Montefusco)
Subject: Re: HISTORY: The oldest HMD of the world?
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 20:38:48 CET



In <9304241932.AA10059@ghost.dsi.unimi.it>, on Apr 24, you wrote:

> From: gwertzma@husc10.harvard.edu (James Gwertzman)
> 
> I am almost positive that the first one was the one that Sutherland
> built here at Harvard in the late 60's. I had no idea that it was
> called the Sword of Damocles, but I'll take your word for it. There
> are several professors here who love talking about it.

...and I had no idea it started in Harward! It was called that way
since it had a mechanical tracking system and was hanging from the
ceiling on your head.

Anyway there definitively seems to be an older HMD... if I just could
find it out!

Diego

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