6. History Virtual Reality Virtual Reality movie grosses $750M worldwide Larry and Andy Wachowski 1999 Virtual Reality Modeling Language Silicon Graphics 1995 A look at the possible negative side of VR Stephen King (Official Website) 1992 The Holodeck, idea of immersive VR Michael Piller (Writer) 1987 The term 'Cyberspace' William Gibson (His assistant) 1984 First virtual environment Myron Krueger 1983 The first computer- generated movie Bonnie MacBird ( Writer) 1982 Interaction through body movement Dan Sandin , Richard Sayre and Thomas Defanti 1977 The beginnings of VR Ivan Sutherland 1965 Why it was important Person(s) Responsible Year