Virtuality
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Virtuality was a company that made virtual reality (VR) systems for video arcades. It is an example of a virtual reality company that was successful before mainstream consumer adoption of VR in homes.
Virtuality Group was originally founded with the name "W Industries". The W comes from the founder's last name (Jonathan Waldern). W Industries was renamed to Virtuality in about 1993.[1][2]
Virtuality filed for bankruptcy and assets were sold to Cybermind, including VR headset-related assets.[3][4]
Systems[edit]
W Industries required an attendant to be present for the Virtuality systems due to concerns about the physical effects of VR use.[5]
Headsets[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "W INDUSTRIES CHANGES ITS NAME TO VIRTUALITY, PLANS FLOAT BY CHRISTMAS - Tech Monitor" (in en-US). 1993-09-01. https://techmonitor.ai/technology/w_industries_changes_its_name_to_virtuality_plans_float_by_christmas.
- ↑ Davies, Hunter (November 22, 1993). "The Hunter Davies Interview: Dr Waldern's Dream Machines". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-hunter-davies-interview-dr-walderns-dream-machines-arcade-thrills-for-spotty-youths-today-but-revolutionary-tools-for-surgeons-and-architects-tomorrow-says-the-pioneer-of-virtual-reality-1506176.html.
- ↑ "Virtuality (product)". 2008-02-13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product).
- ↑ "Next Generation February 1998, page 35". http://retrocdn.net/images/f/fe/NextGeneration_US_38.pdf.
- ↑ Bowman, Tobias (2018). "Fate amenable to change: a technical and social history of Virtual Reality in the United States of America, from 1965 to 2005". p. 182. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:621e4934-2a78-47f7-84f2-6541bc095bd3/files/m5c8a869648701a6b715d20f9f08c3e6e. "The cost was reflective not only of the complexity of the machines to manufacture, but also their obligatory attendant, required by W Industries’ legal department, due to concerns about the un-studied physiological and psychological ramifications of VR use."