The Computer Chronicles - Virtual Reality (1992)

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[@arielmst]

So fun to watch this in 2023... I can't imagine how it's going to be watching it in 2040!

[@Alianger]

Kinda funny how they're calling what are standard 3D games VR as well here.

[@DaniPooo]

One day when they have figured out how to get your brain plugged in to a virtual world they will think that it's funny how we called todays bulky glasses virtual reality as well

[@weaponofmassconstruction1940]

@@DaniPooo I would be happy to live in a virtual world forever. Just plug me giggidy in and I'll forget about the real world.

[@arand4]

Impressive how back in the 90s the VR wasn't much different from todays VR, the sensors are simply more advanced and the quality is better because of modern computers and hardware.

[@SarcasticDragonGaming]

arand4 well what exactly else is there to change other than the tracking and quality? Other than adding more body parts which we’re working on.

[@BlownMacTruck]

You could say that about every piece of technology.

[@AntonSanin]

I think their 22 sensor gloves are more advanced than simplified button sticks we use today.

[@AntonSanin]

And the question is what were they doing almost 30 years. Should be the giant leap, but ridiculously none

[@DrCureAging]

@@AntonSanin There HAS been a giant leap Are you blind?

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

Here we are nearly thirty years later, and VR is still a niche technology looking for mainstream acceptance. Some things never change.

[@TombstoneChris]

I like the idea that they had with the shopping malls where you can put on the virtual reality mask and go into any store you want and it looks like you're there and you shop. That would be so amazing because sometimes you just don't want to go to Walmart Target or whatever and if you could put on a headset and just shop from the comfort of your home but still get the experience with the look that would be cool. yes I know we can order online with our phones but I'm talking about putting on the VR headset and actually looking like you're inside of the store.

[@adriannaturek4587]

@@TombstoneChris I guess it would look cool, but online stores are more comfortable to use than physical ones. It is easier to find a product, you just type or go by category. In physical one you first have to find in which alley the category is in. Also online products are separated by white space so it is easier to see what is available in the store. Even if it is the last one in stock you don't have problem with noticing it, you don't even have to look for it, it is always at place.

[@ilkkarosma5528]

Sadly. Titles like ”Alyx” really look amazing with a VR headset.

[@WhitfieldProductionsTV]

@@TombstoneChris Secondlife offered such, it's still exists, it's just not good with HMD. as all user created content and it's unoptimized (cant be) so the 90+fps requirement is just not obtainable.

[@CarputingYT]

Here we are 2 years later from your comment, and now it's mainstream, Apple has a headset. Technology moves!

[@re8nifle]

Am I the only one watching this in VR (on the HTC Vive)

[@SarcasticDragonGaming]

re8nifle that's probably the first thing I'll do with it when I get the fucking thing.

[@cappaculla]

Probably the only one that gives a shit

[@themetalstickman]

oculus rift s!

[@Hunt4boost]

nope... i just watched in on my valve index.... wild

[@kravon2315]

Stuart "lemme interrupt u before u finish ur thoughts" cheifet

[@adamantine001]

very strict and discipline with time

[@gottijunior5594]

@@adamantine001 which i never understood because in an interview recently he mentioned it took over and 1 hr to do one episode and they would just edit it down. So they had all the time they needed yet stuart rushed the hell out of every episode. Love the show but damn it gets annoying. I’m guessing looking back on it they probably wish they didn’t rush things. This so good to have to look back on

[@mornnb]

It's good. He keeps the interview moving and relevant. Wish more interviewers were like him.

[@jeremywj]

Thanks to these videos I haven't copied a floppy in almost 20 years.

[@codehardr1209]

Now imagine having Chris 'The Autodesk' Allis in your D&D session...

[@DeusExAstra]

"you have 2 small TV sets inside"... sweet, so I can watch 2 different TV shows at the same time? Awesome!

[@AmazingArends]

What I want to know is, how did they fit those bulky picture tubes inside that headset? LOL

[@kevin9c1]

​@@AmazingArendsAre you sure it WASN'T tubes? It was 1992.

[@copa8]

@8:37 - "I have balls here that are suspended in space..." LOL!

[@mikeall7012]

Hahahah! I was laughing in a way that was out an loud, when I saw that part. The creative potential for that is astounding!

[@Amalekites]

Millennial humour.. 😏

[@craigrfoley]

I work in IT and this is an amazing time capsule into how the industry has evolved

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Linda is just so damn precious. Love how genuinely fired up she is

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

Gotta love virgins who go crazy every time a woman is on screen, lol

[@Joooooooooooosh]

Gotta love those 1FPS VR experiences!

[@TechGamesAU]

Little did they know it would take another 25 years before consumer friendly VR would be ready.

[@jungleboy1]

and pioneered by 1 guy from his basement - Palmer Luckey

[@fightingquads9198]

Almost 30yrs later 2021 and VR is essentially the same thing, just on steriods.

[@beakt]

3:20 I love his candor and perspective.

[@raphaelrodriguez1856]

I feel like I am watching an episode of Twin Peaks with all these characters lmaooo

[@jkeelsnc]

Those old computers were definitely way underpowered for VR.

[@mr3urious]

18:36 Hey now! This is a family show!

[@drhoads08]

I was cracking up at that!

[@chronicawareness9986]

@@drhoads08 lol i did tooo

[@chronicawareness9986]

litera;lly havnt laughed this good in a while

[@elgeneralxx]

well fuvk you to then glove man!

[@Amalekites]

@@elgeneralxx fuck* too*

[@shawnchalfant1595]

Funny how VR still has yet to make the big catch everyone invisioned.

[@gokucanfly4593]

Ur wrong... lol youv never played modern pc vr

[@beekarinsaan]

@@gokucanfly4593 it's still not as big or as affordable as people expected it to be.

[@gokucanfly4593]

@@beekarinsaan loo can buy a head set on pc for 300 or 200 used and newer ones 500 or less lmao

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

@@gokucanfly4593 No, he's right. VR is still a niche technology. It is not mainstream. Of course it's better than it was in 1992, but the vast majority of people have never used it, and really have no use for it. Even among gamers, only a small number use it.

[@jonathaningram8157]

It's getting bigger and bigger and with all in one like oculus quest 2 it's really affordable. Finally some big game company start to release game there (half life, hitman, sniper elite). It's clearly not just a trend and it's just starting.

[@guarenchafa4912]

Those 386's and 486's were stressed to the max with that shitty software.

[@beekarinsaan]

The Autodesk guy looks like he has alien genes. 🤣😂🤣😂

[@jonathaningram8157]

You say that because his forehead game is so strong.

[@beekarinsaan]

@@jonathaningram8157 😂🤣😂🤣

[@ronsmith4325]

Funny how that HMD doesn't look that dissimilar from what we see out there today, just larger... But that framerate, that was motion sickness inducing without even being in VR. Lol

[@walterverbeeck6929]

Man man... A time were people still were fascinated in pcs and what was still to come in the future like windows 95, laptops, cellphones, smartphones, 3D, VR.... Nowadays it's all normal because it's already there.

[@Excalion88]

Both laptops and cellphones were around by 1992.

[@holeeshietpyro4072]

Dont copy that floppy at 1:22

[@ericsalidbar1693]

Lol that's all I did back in the day lol if one person bought it we all had it.

[@reeeec]

Don't torrent it's abhorrent

[@neptunemorales5292]

And this is how it all begun. I remember this, and their visions paid off. We have google cardboard now. a phone with gyroscope that goes inside and turns into a screen and viola. VR

[@TAC0FACE]

you gotta try 6DoF VR - so much better than Cardboard phone VR: Oculus Quest, Valve Index, WMR headsets, etc

[@Kynareth6]

True VR is what they show in "Infinite Dendrogram" for example. Not that crap companies try to sell nowadays.

[@floydjohnson7888]

In mid-2020, a quartet of tech journalists demonstrated "Rec Room VR" in a "TWiT After Hours" segment. ( "Rec Room TWiT" will fetch it in KZbin.) The Rec Room developers used relatively simple models to make it run credibly-although the result blows away what was possible in '92

[@StephenBlower]

And VR even today isn't mainstream. Yeah there's HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and some other minor players, but it's hardly mainstream.

[@litjellyfish]

NotSnarl naaaw

[@iNowHateAtSigns]

Here I was expecting to see the early pioneers behind the holodeck, but instead I witness that holy grail of masculinity and the pinnacle of human evolution: the combover mullet. Christopher Allis, if I were a women I would give you all of me. Heck, take my wife. You deserve her more than I do.

[@ViruZHUN]

12.26 Octulos rift:D

[@Magnus_Loov]

It was way, way too early with Virtual Reality headsets in 1992. A 486 PC@66 Mhz with no 3d graphics card is simply stunningly underpowered compared to a multicore CPU with a GPU that is anything from 1070ti and up today. And still, even todays Virtual Reality headsets is at the Ford Model-T stage that they compared the 1992 solutions to in this video. Even with the best hardware.

[@BlownMacTruck]

Can you provide even more of your fascinating and non obvious insights?

[@Magnus_Loov]

@@BlownMacTruck Hehe! I guess not. Still, interesting how they at the time felt that it was feasible to reach any kind of usable VR experience in the early 90:s. They must have known!

[@GoldSrc_]

Today's VR headsets are miles beyond being a "Model T", it certainly isn't perfect but the resolutions and framerates that we can achieve with current technology are pretty damn good and usable.

[@Kynareth6]

@@GoldSrc_ I feel like both the resolutions and framerates are abysmal. Today's VR is really bad.

[@VonDutchNL]

​@@GoldSrc_ VR still sucks in 2023

[@mutalix]

Had no idea Vr tech had its start in the 1940s!! I can imagine how shocked the folks on this episode would be if they saw PSVr2, in addition to the haptic feedback gloves shown in some PlayStation Vr patents. Mimicking touch, texture and even temperature! We are moving closer and closer to the movie "Ready Player One".

[@Kynareth6]

"Mimicking touch, texture and even temperature"? Not in PSVR2, perhaps in PSVR4.

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Coincidence, as I was wearing my Talking Glove while watching this!

[@mornnb]

It is still 'early days of virtual reality'

[@VengefulRavenBlack]

we are the future... now what are we talking about that will be compare to this in the next 30-15 years 0_0

[@tomasnokechtesledger1786]

Looks like we'll be playing with stones. If allowed by ecolopricks

[@aussieraver7182]

Pavlov VR using the Pimax 8K + XM4 + VR Treadmill. ...next level.

[@damiansevant2145]

so crazy to see this. especially since just yesterday i ordered an Oculus Quest 2

[@hankmesker]

How was the Oculus?

[@damiansevant2145]

@@hankmesker absolutely fun and worth it! Can play vr game if you have a gaming pc and grab the occulus link cable!

[@J_Patterns]

@23:58 how many have After Dark (2.0) for "Winsows"?

[@RedBerylFTW]

11:00 Probably the best part of this entire thing

[@cybercab]

We’re always about 3 years away from VR being of use.

[@brdane]

And three years from now, we'll still be three years away. 🤣

[@oubrioko]

6:55 receding mullet

[@davidlangley9287]

it's 2021 and VR is not a thing yet...

[@BryanBortz]

Whoa, sponsor block works on this video. Nice job nerds!

[@AmazingArends]

It's amazing how jaded people have gotten. Now you can slip your smart phone into Google Cardboard and have a VR system far better than the ones shown in the video (albeit without the hand tracking) and people are like "yeah, whatever."

[@Kynareth6]

Google Cardboard is shit.

[@infinitecanadian]

And only now in 2021 is it _really_ beginning to take off. Half Life: Alyx was awesome.

[@theserpentes]

Watching this video from Quest 3, while laying on bed.... Whoa....

[@Arbancks]

Would love to see their reaction to the Apple Vision Pro xD

[@armandoanderson3536]

Strange how VR goggles and the glove have still not taken off. Mouse, keyboard, and touchscreen are still the dominant and preferred method of human input. Can throw in voice as well.

[@hughmongous2554]

And now we have stuff like the HTC Vive with room-scale VR and motion-controls. We are finally here, lads!

[@hallerd]

It only took forever!

[@andreiandrei3387]

hallerd 26 years:))..and still we are not sure the technology is here to stay..remember 3D..it hard to find a 3D tv today..3D video camera's recorders gone completely..

[@hallerd]

It sounds like you haven't tried modern VR yet. This year's generation of video cards is way more powerful than those from 2016. VR is here to stay.

[@andreiandrei3387]

hallerd :)..i haven't tried any VR ever:))..I really do want to try it, I'm curious,I want that for free first on a shopping mall or something:))..i hope it a technology here to stay but I have my doubts.Porn industry saves everything,but not even porn industry couldn't not save 3D.I have 3D tv it transform 2D in 3D but the processor is not fast..for fast moving images..it shows them in 2D..it has a lag..i said this about VR cause I saw a video recently on KZbin..i don't remember exactly if it was only about Sony gaming thing..they were taking about Vita that was a great idea but never caught on..the stickers with a light colour bulb..didn't have many games to support,Microsoft with the Kinect camera was considered a failure.people took those as unnecessary gimmicks..and yea..now they are are gone..i think they will return 30 years from now and we will have "real texture graphics" they had this tech in 92-96..but for some reason they decided to make cartoonish looking games..they went backwards..dummies..there are 2 industries that can save Vr(failed for 3D)..Porn and Gaming :))..it's well knowned

[@hallerd]

VR doesn't need saving. The last 25 years of disappointments are over. Give it a try!

[@TombstoneChris]

That computer nerd sure does have that Hulk Hogan hair going on. And I tell you they were talking about shopping malls and virtual reality where you could go through and shop we don't even have that with our virtual reality today. What the hell happened to that idea?

[@AmazingArends]

Amazon proved that you don't really need VR to shop online.

[@Renhorable]

today's people: ugh it is slightly lagging I am going to vomit Linda: pathetic

[@rezn66]

19:20 Was waiting for an SGI to pop up...

[@simplestatic3751]

I bet those are actual CRT's in those VR goggles. Jeeze

[@jonathaningram8157]

A nice dose of radiation.

[@drhoads08]

Wow! That VR demo was great! I wonder why it took us 22 years to get the Oculus Rift? What they had then looked very close... other than the "two small televisions inside". Haha. Also, that SG workstation... If I would have seen that in 1992..... wow....

[@aohige]

The processing power simply was not there. They could not handle perfectly synced head tracking, visual frame rate of 75+ fps, true stereoscopic imagery, etc. All key components for a sense of "presence". That's like asking why we didn't have automobiles in the 1700s when we had perfectly capable springs and gears, just lacking a thermal engine.

[@frankb5728]

I don't think that's entirely accurate, I think the displays were really the thing holding it back. Yes the scenes were primitive because the systems lacked power but even a few years later when the consumer VR headsets came out some of them were still using low resolution CRTs or absolutely unsuitable LCD screens. The industry just gave up on VR, if you listen to old industry heads like warren spector it was clear that VR was going to revolutionize the industry, at least according to the VR industry, he makes quips about it today since the narrative is very similar from the VR industry.

[@AmazingArends]

VR is the most demanding technology yet, and the more powerful the systems get, the more quality consumers demand.

[@AmazingArends]

Look at the lag at 13:02

[@valley_robot]

Because nobody cared , it wasn’t consumer issue tech in the 90s it was something we would get in the future , most people had no interest at all in this tech so money wasn’t poured into it. We got the Super Nintendo instead , we are a stupid species and I am not sorry that we will be wiped out and that this planet will be clean again without us

[@GreenBlueClouds]

I wonder if VR will actually be a thing this time around.

[@antikaanagency8175]

Try it. You'll know the answer :)

[@Mintcar923]

I never understood why 3d and VR seems like it comes and goes every so often.. Especially now where we already have photo realistic graphics so the next step up from that should obviously stay

[@jonathaningram8157]

I want to puke just seeing that framerate. Anyone who used a headset will understand...

[@CorporalDanLives]

Stewart is the most hardcore gamer

[@Lurker1979]

To bad its taken 20 more years to make this a practical peace of tech.

[@rezn66]

Lurker1979 that's pretty standard development time. Look at GUIs

[@AndrisSkullcandy]

VR confirmed!

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Meh, these were just low res monitors strapped to your head, giving you headaches and pain that just made you crave going back to a regular monitor.

[@regemo]

Is that really 3 frames per second at @13:01?

[@brett20000000009]

+regemo crazy how much hype it got for something so horrible. we simply didn't have the computing power back then.

[@multiio1424]

+brett20000000009 it was hyped because this was the first time something like this was possible at all. Many of the basic elements like the VR helmet/goggles with stereoscopic projections and the interactive glove were invented around this time.The people in the video say themselves that the visuals suck, but for the first time the *potential* of this stuff became obvious. The VR technology we have today is essentially a tremendously large but incremental upgrade of the ideas showcased first in the early 90s. It's like the conceptual difference between flying a Wright brothers' plane and flying a 787 is smaller than the difference between walking and flying, no matter how shitty the plane is.

[@indoguju]

VR still looks like this

[@jaxpok8167]

What about copy the copy of the floppy?

[@ryanak]

Jax Pok no one said don't do that haha

[@Gary_Hun]

9:09 - This thing screams for VR harder than the Half Life universe!

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

There is a reason VR took so long to become a desirable thing, because for decades the technology and graphics sucked and were way too slow until now.

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

Well, the _other_ reason is that most people still have no reason to use it. It's a solution looking for a problem.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

We are now in the future finally with VR! Sony VR seems the cheaper though !

[@hanniffydinn6019]

***** Not really, it's the best selling so it's the no1. global VR product.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

***** Stop stating the obvious shit. It's not all about what is better. It's about getting VR in the mass market. The person who does that will dictate everything.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

***** Not really when modern consoles are just PCs. Nothing special anymore, the games are ported to PC easy as fuck. The money has always been and always be in consoles. Just look to how many copies GTA sold. The PC sales by comparison are a fucking joke.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

***** Dunno coding this generation of consoles is extremely straightfoward. They are just PCs, nothing special anymore. Also, I suggest you look up the best selling games on consoles. I think you'll be shocked. Nintendo as built all it's money of essentially kids and family games on consoles. You fail to understand what a console is and why they are popular. I have all consoles, gaming PCs/Laptops and tablets. They all have a place.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

***** doesn't make a fuck of a difference when it comes to game dev mate.

[@weaponofmassconstruction1940]

4:59 Why does this narrator sound so much like an AI voice? "Gabe-real"...

[@thealancorp.2394]

RIP dog

[@Gary_Hun]

Remember kids, stereo halves your FPS... ...what's 1 frame per second divided by two?

[@wallacelang1374]

Very Interesting ... 🤔

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

18:35

[@idlehour]

Like a early, smart screen

[@markkoetsier6475]

6:30 Nice hair.

[@jub8891]

i have a 3 and a half inch floppy

[@CamberGreber]

Model-T phase...more Horse and Carrage Phase.

[@9inchpp]

So this is how Pewd made his Minecraft videos

[@jimbrothers1883]

18:36...right on TV. LOL!

[@hgallegos915]

Psvr for the win!

[@andrebombardier3021]

I am getting lighter and lighter Stewart.. lol

[@kunal1957]

Lol

[@gan9e]

winsows...

[@CloneShockTrooper]

the device is not much bigger than the one existing currently

[@vintagecapgunsatyourmomshouse]

Comb-overs😔

[@anastasiapuppy8910]

Practically he doing sign language to use a vr. Interesting. I am fluent at asl

[@TheBigBazzy]

Vision Pros Great Grand Father

[@kingcrimson234]

Oh man, I'd love to let them play with my Oculus Rift for a while and get the reactions...

[@TheVanillatech]

Well these guys made millions of dollars from the beginning of the technology bubble, whereas you are simply a consumer buying over priced products from these people years later. I think they won. You lost.

[@kingcrimson234]

@@TheVanillatech Why? It's a really enjoyable experience that I paid $400 to get two years and counting out of. I have no problem supporting companies so that they continue innovating and making even better stuff in the future.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@kingcrimson234 I applaud your enthusiasm for big business striving to "serve" the consumer, especially in technology markets, going forward. Not saying it isn't a good product. But it is what it is.

[@kingcrimson234]

@@TheVanillatech TheVanillatech LOL they're not trying to serve me. They're trying to make money, but in the process they're making a good product that I'm happy to pay for. It's the engine of capitalism. How much should they be allowed to charge? Shall we begin government regulation of prices? It's relatively expensive now for two reasons. The tech is still pretty new, the so-called "early adopter tax". And prices will go down as demand increases and the margins don't need to be as high to turn a good profit. Also, don't forget that they undoubtedly spent millions on R&D that need to be recouped. If you don't want to spend the money on these early headsets, don't buy one. Simple. Nobody is holding a gun to your head. Wait a few years and get a better one for the same amount of, or less money. I wanted one, and I felt the value was worth it. So I bought one.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@kingcrimson234 But the definition of capitalism is the exchange of goods and services for money. You have a desire or a need, someone addresses that need by supplying a solution (serving, if you will) and you pay them in return. My point was that the men in this video talking about the most basic origins of VR are most likely now multi-millionaires who are supplying Occulus Rift or similar technology to the global market. Even if they are not involved in the business side, they were the pioneers at the start of the tech bubble and are most likely very wealthy, presuming they remained involved in the industry as it grew exponentially.

[@Maskddingo]

The Matrix has you...

[@ioloavatar8430]

Graphics Looks like Star Fox for rhe SNES . Using the FX chip.

[@1.618_Murphy]

2:10 How/where *Stephen Hawking* got his robot voice

[@daveb970]

In 30 years you'll be playing Population 1 and it will be awesome! Meanwhile, enjoy some pong.

[@lakdanan70]

nice PLAYSTATION VR !!! LOL

[@KabelkowyJoe]

14:00 "Until we are tired doing it" - tired best word to sumarize VR, makes you tired, 20:00 potential usecase was shown in first 2 minutes of show, he at 20:00 is trying to find use for his technology after he invented. And for certain movie industy is using these. Still nothing better, more precise was invented than a mouse. Steve Jobs ~"better not try to find use for technology you have, instead try to find technology to solve your actuall problems" let's see if that was correct - do have great technology but he struggle to find use case, Imogen Heap used this glove to make music, what else.. ? To control giant robot yest that would work, excavators heavy machines are using buttons pushed by fingertips. Because it's more precise. 30 years later even touch screen in laptops is less often used than mouse. Some people use gestures on 2D flat surface of touchpad.

[@KabelkowyJoe]

21:00 "You can't do with 2 dimentional mouse" - you cant make random crap mouse is more precise, try to do that for 8h

[@StephenBlower]

11:00

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

The CC = 33

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Nice fps. I've watched tons of these videos and this is the first one where we don't have near perfection in 2021. Not really sure what's presented here is ''Virtual Reality''. A lot of the things in this program are just poor games in first person view off a monitor, with keyboard and mouse input only.

[@JimmyArcanum]

Apple Vision Pro

[@RahulAeri]

I wonder what some of these folks are up to these days... :)

[@RahulAeri]

@Lanky Alarm ouch... lol

[@SerAlbi]

24:00 winSows :D

[@sf840]

18:36 up the …

[@Wilamaxin]

Don't coppy that floppy

[@elliswrong]

when computers were cool and still represented hope for the future, instead of the endless seo slop and tech grifting we have today