Virtual Reality I The Sword of Damocles | S7-E1

American Innovations

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Education For Kids, History, Steven Johnson, Kids & Family, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In the 1960s a group of scientists and engineers had a vision: that one day people could put on a pair of goggles and enter a whole new world.

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0:17.0	It's 1968 and a graduate student at the University of Utah is desperately trying to track down his thesis advisor.
0:31.0	Excuse me, have you seen Professor Sutherland?
0:35.2	No, sorry.
0:36.7	Nah, I'll try his lab.
0:38.8	He sets off down the corridor.
0:41.6	Professor Sutherland, I, uh, what?
0:45.0	Ivan Sutherland is standing in the center of the room, his head strapped into a wild contraption
0:52.0	hanging from the ceiling, all metal and wires and glass.
0:55.8	The thing must weigh 300 pounds.
0:58.5	He doesn't notice his student coming in.
1:00.8	I see it, yes, it's right there hanging in front of me. The resolution is better than before.
1:07.0	Professor Sutherland?
1:10.0	Alan. Is that you? I'll be right with you.
1:12.0	He pulls off the device and turns. Alan, is that you? I'll be right with you."
1:13.1	He pulls off the device and turns to face his student.
1:16.4	Just taking the sword of Damocles for a test run.
1:19.5	We finally got it up and working.
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