ABSTRACT
It was Bob Jacobson who, when asked in 1992 about the prospects for commercial uptake of his company Worldesign’s services (just before winning its ˜rst contract from Evans & Sutherland), said “the companies we’re talking to really do want to adopt Virtual Reality (VR)… the problem is that they don’t want be the •rst to take the risk of doing so” (Jacobson, 1992, personal communication).
