DEMOCRITIUS of Abdera, commonly known as the Laughing Philosopher, probably because he did not consider the study of truth inconsistent with a cheerful countenance, believed and taught that all bodies ...

Long before the introduction of those little cardboard, blue-eye, red-eye 3D glasses, Americans knew how to create three dimensional entertainment. They used hand-held devices – precursors to ...

If you walked into Charles Herzog’s classroom last spring, you’d have seen a peculiarly modern sight: middle schoolers all staring into virtual-reality gear. Their bodies, officially, were at Flood ...

Invented in 1838 as a tool for investigating theories of vision 1, the stereoscope is sometimes described as an early virtual reality tool. In the years following its invention, the stereoscope and ...

We've been slowly working through Oliver Wendell Holmes' 1859 feature on photography over the last couple of days. I looked at allegorical readings of the piece and at the beauty of his science ...

To share intriguing pictures with your family and friends during the Victorian era, you would purchase stereoscope viewing cards and show them to people in your home. Call it the “Instagram” of the ...

Dear John: I have attached photos of a viewer - we cannot remember what it is called - that has been in our family for at least 90 years. Can you tell us the name of the thing and what the value might ...

Researchers at Stanford University have unveiled a prototype VR Headset which they claim reduce the effects of VR sickness through the use of an innovative ‘stacked’ display which generates ...

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