Jaron Lanier

Jaron Lanier

male, 48 years old
wired magazine American musician Dartmouth College faculty virtual reality Virtual reality pioneer
Jaron Lanier (born 1960) is a virtual reality developer. He was a pioneer in, and popularized the term "Virtual Reality" (VR) in the early 1980s.... More
Ivan Sutherland

Ivan Sutherland

male, 70 years old
computer scientist Virtual reality pioneer Computer graphics professionals virtual reality graphical user interface Harvard University
Ivan Edward Sutherland (born 1938 in Hastings, Nebraska) is a computer programmer and Internet pioneer. He received the Turing Award in 1988 for... More

Scott Fisher

male
USC School of Cinematic Arts Annenberg Center for Communication interactive media Jamaican music Virtual reality pioneer stereoscopy
Scott Fisher is Professor and Chair of the Interactive Media Division in the USC School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California,... More

Daniel J. Sandin

male (Garden, Michigan, United States)
Computer graphics professional artist Virtual reality pioneer Computer graphics professionals University of Illinois at Chicago faculty Electronic Visualization Laboratory
Daniel J. Sandin (born 1942) is a video and computer graphics artist/researcher. He is a Professor Emeritus of the School of Art & Design,... More

Morton Heilig

male
Cinematographer virtual reality Virtual reality pioneer 3-D Sensorama
Morton Heilig was a thought-leader in Virtual Reality (VR). He applied his cinematographer experience with the help of his partner developed the... More
Warren Robinett

Warren Robinett

male
Find Talents Random Access Memory Slot Racer Rocky's Boots The Learning Company Western Geophysical … Virtual reality pioneer
Warren Robinett is a designer of interactive computer graphics software, notable as the developer of "Adventure", the first graphical adventure... More
Bob Sproull

Bob Sproull

male
Sun Microsystems Computer graphics professional Stanford University Virtual reality pioneer head-mounted display asynchronous circuit
Dr. Robert F. Sproull works for Sun Microsystems where he is a Sun Fellow and Vice President at Sun Labs Massachusetts in Burlington. While working... More
Myron W. Krueger

Myron W. Krueger

male, 66 years old
siggraph University of Wisconsin Myron Krueger Augmented reality Dan Sandin Virtual reality pioneer
Myron Krueger (born 1942 in Gary, Indiana) is an American computer artist who developed early interactive works. He is also considered to be one of... More
Mark Bolas

Mark Bolas

male
USC School of Cinematic Arts Stanford University Virtual reality pioneer Scott Fisher USC Interactive Media Division School of Cinema and Television
Mark Bolas is a research scientist, artist, and designer exploring perception, agency, and intelligence. He is an Associate Professor of... More
Fred Brooks

Fred Brooks

male, 77 years old
software engineer Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery Harvard University alumni International Business Machines Doctor of Philosophy Turing Award … Virtual reality pioneer
Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr. (born April 19, 1931) is a software engineer and computer scientist, best-known for managing the development of... More