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Basic equipment


 
.visual display
 - helmet-mounted display
 - see-through helmet-mounted display
 - liquid-shutter glasses
 
.acoustic display
 - 3D sound
 
.haptic display
 - force-feedback joystick or arm
 - force feedback data-glove
 
.6D tracker & data-glove
 
.robot
 
.camera

Ivan Sutherland,

Born: 1938, Hastings, Nebraska

Profession: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Capitalist, Professor

Position: V.P. and Fellow, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Education: Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. EE California Institute of Technology
B.S. EE Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University)

Patents & Publications: See list

Honors & Professional Societies (partial list):
Smithsonian Computer World Award, 1996
AM Turing Award, Association for Computing Machinery, 1988
First Zworykin Award, National Academy of Engineering, 1972

Member, National Academy of Sciences, since 1978
Member, National Academy of Engineering, since 1973
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery

Latest Accomplishment: Became a historical relic in the Smithsonian

Proudest Accomplishment: Four Grandchildren

 
 
 

Author: NTU CMLAB

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