William Higinbotham
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William Alfred Higinbotham was an American physicist. A member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement. He also has a place in the
Higinbotham's Los Alamos identity photo
1958 exhibit of Tennis for Two
Tennis for Two
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Tennis for Two is a 1958 sports video game designed by the American physicist William Higinbotham at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. One of the first games developed in the early history of video
William Higinbotham
…nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement. He also has a place in the history of video games for his 1958 creation of Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game and one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display. Higinbotham was born in Bridgeport…
Tennis for Two on a DuMont Lab Oscilloscope Type 304-A
Modern recreation of the controller
The setup for Tennis for Two as exhibited in 1959