History

To describe the history of Augmented Reality is also to describe man's journey of adding to the natural world he was born in.[clarification needed]

* 1849: Rich-ard Wagner introduces the idea of immersive experiences using a darkened theatre and surrounding the audience in imagery and sound.
* 1938: Konrad Zuse invents the first digital computer known as the Z1.
* 1948: Norbert Wiener creates the science of cybernetics: transmitting messages between man and machine.
* 1962: Morton Heilig, a cinematographer, creates a motorcycle simulator called Sensorama with visuals, sound, vibration, and smell.
* 1966: Ivan Sutherland invents the head-mounted display suggesting it was a window into a virtual world.
* 1975: Myron Krueger creates Videoplace that allows users to interact with virtual objects for the first time.
* 1989: Jaron Lanier coins the phrase Virtual Reality and creates the first commercial business around virtual worlds.
* 1990: Tom Caudell coins the phrase Augmented Reality while at Boeing helping workers assemble cables into aircraft.
* 2008: The first end user applications featuring Augmented Reality enter the market: Wikitude AR Travel Guide launches on Oct. 20, 2008 with the G1 Android phone and is downloaded about 50,000 times by year end.