Virtuality was a range of virtual reality machines produced by Virtuality Group, and found in video arcades in the early 1990s. The machines delivered real-time VR gaming via a stereoscopic VR headset, joysticks, tracking devices and networked units for a multi-player experience.
The 1991 Virtuality 1000CS arcade unit showing the headset and space joystick controller. The unit has original "W Industries" branding with Virtuality embossed and the word "cyber" prominently displayed on the side.
The 1000SD (sit-down) version of the Virtuality arcade system. The VR headset is hanging on a hook to the left. Two joysticks for controlling the game are either side of the seat.
Virtuality Dactyl Nightmare VR game running on original 1000CS hardware
The lighter weight and higher resolution 2000 series headset, shown at a launch event for the Ford Galaxy in 1995.
Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment, education and business. VR is one of the key technologies in the reality-virtuality continuum. As such, it is different from other digital visualization solutions, such as augmented virtuality and augmented reality.
An operator controlling The Virtual Interface Environment Workstation (VIEW) at NASA Ames
Researchers with the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, equipped with a VR headset and motion controllers, demonstrating how astronauts might use virtual reality in the future to train to extinguish a fire inside a lunar habitat
An Omni treadmill being used at a VR convention
A Missouri National Guardsman looks into a VR training head-mounted display at Fort Leonard Wood in 2015.
