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Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart. Courtesy of Alex Handy. Engelbart’s work with virtual reality helped to shape the future of user interaction via that device which accompanies a standard computer keyboard – known as the mouse. This also laid the foundation for the development of modern user interfaces. Ivan Sutherland.
He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces.
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Dec 9, 2018 · Douglas Engelbart, inventor of computer mouse and so much more, dies at 88. By 1968, Engelbart had created what he called the "oN-Line System," or NLS, a proto-Intranet. The ARPANET, the ...
On December 8, 1968, Douglas Engelbart sat in front of a crowd of 1,000 in San Francisco, ready to introduce networked computing to the world. Engelbart was no Steve Jobs. He was a shy...
Nov 21, 2017 · 1950s — Douglas Engelbart, an electrical engineer and former US Navy radar technician, foresaw the use of computers as displaying information. This idea was radical for its time because computers were viewed as glorified adding machines, but there was a need for data visualization.
Jul 3, 2023 · In the 1960s, Engelbart introduced the concept of interactive computing, paving the way for the development of virtual reality technologies. His research in human-computer interaction focused on augmenting human intellect, allowing users to interact more intuitively with computer systems.
Apr 24, 2024 · Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in 1963–64 as part of an experiment to find a better way to point and click on a display screen. Fashioned at the Stanford Research Institute, it had a carved wood casing and just one button.
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