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Sutherland: The Ultimate Display

Contribution grade

Human-computer interaction and graphics · FORMALIZATION

Reference score80,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Outlined head-coupled visual output and force-feedback goals for an ultimate display.

Scientific scope

The record is Sutherland's sole-author 1965 conference paper as a technical vision. It does not claim that the paper implemented a complete virtual-reality system or absorb Sketchpad, later head-mounted displays and later virtual-environment engineering.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Sutherland's sole-author 1965 conference paper as a technical vision. It does not claim that the paper implemented a complete virtual-reality system or absorb Sketchpad, later head-mounted displays and later virtual-environment engineering.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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