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		galvanist on April 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The disappearing inventor The phrase “Oculus Rift, which added an orientation tracker” glosses-over the chief technical accomplishments of the team. The Rift is defined by the affordable very low latency head tracking. We’ve had head-mounted 3D displays at least since the invention of the stereoscope in the 1800s. It's like writing that Alexander Graham Bell* should get Apple stock because “iPhone, which added a multi-touch computer” just made $56 billion dollars. * or whoever

spiritplumber on April 23, 2014 [–]

Antonio Meucci.

Bell stole the telephone from Meucci and the hydrofoil from Ferrarin.

The joke at my old uni was "Italians invent stuff, Chinese make stuff, Americans get the money". (And yes, I know Bell was Canadian)

CmonDev on April 23, 2014 | [–]

Popov invented radio, but Marconi gets most credit outside of Russia. It's not just Italians.

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