Battle of Sedan & Panorama - immersion in the 19th century
Sensorama, Cinerama, widescreen, IMAX, etc. - extensions of traditional cinema:'Morton Helig
' [http://www.mortonheilig.com/] & 'Fred Waller
' [http://www.cineramaadventure.com/wallergallery.htm]
'Stan Vanderbeek
' & Expanded Cinema Experiments. See the book Expanded Cinema by Gene Youngblood online [http://www.vasulka.org/Kitchen/PDF_ExpandedCinema/ExpandedCinema.html]
'Timothy Leary
' - immersion through other means (see various Youtube videos)
'Ivan Sutherland
' - inventor or headmounted displayLink title
'Jaron Lanier
' - data glove and use if the headmounted display in VR
'Dan Sandin & Tom Franti's CAVE
' [http://www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=1&indi=161]
'Jeffrey Shaw
' - multi user experience [http://www.jeffrey-shaw.net/]
'Char Davies & Osmose
' - single user VR [http://www.immersence.com/osmose/index.php]
'James Turrell
' & 'Robert Irwin
' - immersion 'light'
'Kurt Hentschlager
' - Zee, the most contemporary example of immersion [http://www.kurthentschlager.com/]
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