Morton Heilig
Sunday, September 4, 2005MINDS THAT MATTER:
MORTON HEILIG: GIVING US WHAT WE WANT
Cinema that indulged the senses
Here was a man who was not only a pioneer, but someone who knew how to go after an audience. Morton Heilig, whom some currently crown as the father of virtual reality, was a cinematographer who invented the groundbreaking motion picture device Sensorama in 1962 in a bid to make film a fully immersive medium, tearing down its stubborn “fourth wall.” For the price of a quarter, for instance, customers could experience virtually firsthand what it was like to zoom through the streets of New York City while riding a motorcycle. (more…)
