These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive

These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive

Shannon Quinn - December 15, 2022

These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive
The VR headset made by NASA. Credit: Rare Historical Photos

Virtual Reality Headset Created By NASA in The 1980’s

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the Metaverse. Mark Zuckerberg has predicted that virtual reality is going to be a huge part of everyday life in the future. But this idea is nothing new. This is a VR headset and gloves made by Nasa in 1989 called the Ames Virtual Environment Workstation. If you would like to see a video of this headset being used by NASA, click here. In this video, you can see how primitive the VR technology still was at that time.

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