Ralph Baer conceptualizes the videogame. Roberts & Thomas Merrill connected A TX-2 computer in Massachusetts to the Q-32 in Palo Alto, California with a low speed dial-up telephone line creating the first (however small) wide-area computer network ever built. According to the Cyberpunk Timeline, “MIT researcher Lawrence G. Auld, the concept of the “FAQ” is developed on PLATO. Concept of network connected by modems defined in a paper by Thomas Marill, Daniel Edwards, and Wallace Feurzig. Someone invented the acronym sometime in the 1970’s, which was never officially endorsed, but someone printed it anyway.” – Eric Hagstrom “The name PLATO was originally just a name, not an acronym. 
PLATO, conceived by physics professor Chalmers Sherwin and developed under the direction of electrical engineering professor Don Bitzer, co-inventor of the plasma display panel, was the world’s first time-shared computer-based education system” according to the UI website. “The nation’s first computer-assisted program of instruction.University of Illinois introduces and patents PLATO, “Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations”, a network running on the ILLIAC computer system.He works alone on the concept throughout the decade, choosing the term Xanadu for his project in 1967. He won’t coin the word until 1963, and the word won’t see print until 1965. Ted Nelson gets the idea for hypertext as we know it now.
The three books of The Lord of the Rings are published in England. Vannevar Bush conceptualizes aspects of hypertext, the Internet, virtual spaces, and lots more. Even if everyone including the D&D authors were obsessed with him (and of course everyone after the D&D authors was obsessed with D&D).” Dr Cat adds, “I personally would like to see Lord Dunsany mentioned to counter any notion that Tolkien invented swords and sorcery. Check at the bottom for a list of sources.Ĭreated March 4th, 2000. I welcome more additions to the timeline. 
The following is a timeline of significant events for the development of virtual worlds.
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