- Myron Krueger builds the Video place, an artificial reality laboratory. A room that had projectors and cameras to simulate interactive movement
- Augmented Reality is coined by Tom Caudell, a Boeing Researcher
Louis Rosenberg creates Virtual Fixtures
Earliest Augmented reality systems for the Air Force - Allowed military to control virtually guided machinery in space
First AR Theatre production by Julie Martin. It was called “Dancing in Cyberspace” and it featured dancers who danced around virtual objects
First yellow first down marker on a live NFL game
Naval research on BARS (Battlefield Augmented Reality)
NASA Flies the Hybrid Syntetic Vision system that uses AR
Provided map data for flight tests
ARToolKit - Open source software for overlaying CG on video
NFL again uses CG to provide the field’s aerial perspective
More development on ARToolKit for web browsers
Print media uses AR for the first time
Used in the Car Systems Volkswagen and Tesla auto drive
Huge investments in AR and Google creates Google Glasses