Looking Toward Virtual Reality’s Past For Clues About Its Future

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By 2020, less than two years from now, one-third of global consumers are expected to be using VR. From the long anticipated Oculus Rift to the HTC Vive to Google Cardboard, today the options seem nearly endless. But these advancements didn’t come overnight, regardless of the hype. In 1891, scientists and inventors Thomas Edison and William Dickson unveiled their Kinetoscope. Relying on film, lightbulbs, and forward thinking, viewers were able to see moving images at 46 frames per second through a tiny peephole. One of the first ever iterations of virtual reality technology, countless developments compounded off of this very…...

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Brian Wallace Brian Wallace is the Founder and President of NowSourcing, a leading infographic design agency in Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, OH which works with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500s. Brian runs #LinkedInLocal events, hosts the Next Action Podcast, and has been named a Google Small Business Advisor for 2016-present.

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