Abstract is: VPL Research was one of the first companies that developed and sold virtual reality products. It was founded by computer scientist Jaron Lanier in 1984. "VPL" stood for "Virtual Programming Languages". In 1990, VPL Research filed for bankruptcy and in 1999 all of its patents were bought by Sun Microsystems.
business | Q4830453 |
P2088 | Crunchbase organization ID | vpl-research |
P1417 | Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID | technology/VPL-DataGlove |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/012r4tq_ |
P3417 | Quora topic ID | VPL-Research |
P17 | country | United States of America | Q30 |
P112 | founded by | Jaron Lanier | Q92862 |
P571 | inception | 1984-01-01 |