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1021 - Ibn al-Haythom is credited with inventing Camera Obscura: Creates a reflected image of the world and allows the viewer to trace and sketch the inverted image.
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(1452-1519) Leanardo devinchi sujested the human eye is like Camera Obscura
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(1535-1615) Giambattista Della Porta: experimented with lenses and mirors to improve the Camera Obscura.
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1838 - Stereoscope: Invented by Charles Wheatstone FRS, the stereoscope allows 2D images to appear as 3D images
Stereoscope - 1838 Invented by Charles Wheatstone FRS, the stereoscope allows 2D images to appear as 3D images
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September 27th 1922 - First 3D movie: The Power of Love, which premiered at the Ambassador Hotel Theater in Los Angeles. The camera rig was a product of the film’s producer, Harry K. Fairall, and cinematographer Robert F. Elder.
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1935 - Pygmalion’s Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum: Through this science fiction story a vision of VR told of a goggle-based contraption that offered users a holistic holographic experience that went as far as to include touch and olfactory elements.
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1939-1940 View master was first shown at the worlds fair. Hand held viewing device with a circular reel that shoed 3D imaes
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