Ono-Sendai
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Ono-Sendai Corp. was an American virtual reality company notable for being contracted by Sega of America to develop the unreleased Sega Mega Drive virtual reality headset Sega VR.[1] Named for the fictional corporation from the 1984 William Gibson cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, Ono-Sendai was the first consumer-oriented virtual reality company.[3]
Company
Founded in 1991 and officially incorporated on January 8, 1992[2], Ono-Sendai was one of the first generation of virtual reality companies to explore the new medium[1], as well as the very first to design and develop products intended for an inexpensive personal consumer market (as opposed to industrial and corporate use.)[3]
External links
- Learning from History: How to make VR bigger than the Web article by Mark Pesce at Medium