Back in the Mid-1960s rotary-dial telephones were the norm, music cassette tapes were brand new, and microwave ovens hadn’t made it into houses yet. That’s also when newly minted electrical engineer Thomas Furness joined a U.S. Air Force Lab and began developing what would become the first virtual reality (VR) systems, including the fighter-jet Super Cockpit that gives pilots 3D representations of avionics data, along with the ability to use voice commands, hand gestures, and even eye movements to control the aircraft.

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虚拟现实先驱 Tom Furness 谈医疗保健领域 VR 的过去、现在和未来

回到 1960 年代中期，旋转拨号电话是常态，音乐盒式磁带是全新的，微波炉还没有进入家庭。也是在那个时候，新晋电气工程师 Thomas Furness 加入了美国空军实验室，并开始开发后来成为第一个虚拟现实 (VR) 系统的系统，包括为飞行员提供航空电子数据的 3D 表示的战斗机超级驾驶舱，以及使用语音命令、手势甚至眼球运动来控制飞机。