<s>
In	O
the	O
mid-1970s	O
,	O
Myron	O
Krueger	O
established	O
an	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
laboratory	O
called	O
the	O
Videoplace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
idea	O
with	O
the	O
Videoplace	B-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
an	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
that	O
surrounded	O
the	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
responded	O
to	O
their	O
movements	O
and	O
actions	O
,	O
without	O
being	O
encumbered	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
goggles	B-Device
or	O
gloves	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
work	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
lab	O
would	O
form	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
his	O
much	O
cited	O
1983	O
book	O
Artificial	B-General_Concept
Reality	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Videoplace	B-General_Concept
(	O
or	O
VIDEOPLACE	B-General_Concept
as	O
Krueger	O
would	O
have	O
it	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
culmination	O
of	O
several	O
iterations	O
of	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
systems	O
:	O
GLOWFLOW	O
,	O
METAPLAY	O
,	O
and	O
PSYCHIC	O
SPACE	O
;	O
each	O
offering	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
previous	O
installation	O
until	O
VIDEOPLACE	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
full	O
blown	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
lab	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Connecticut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Videoplace	B-General_Concept
used	O
projectors	O
,	O
video	O
cameras	O
,	O
special	O
purpose	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
onscreen	O
silhouettes	O
of	O
the	O
users	O
to	O
place	O
the	O
users	O
within	O
an	O
interactive	O
environment	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
movements	O
of	O
the	O
users	O
recorded	O
on	O
video	O
were	O
analyzed	O
and	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
silhouette	O
representations	O
of	O
the	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
Artificial	B-General_Concept
Reality	I-General_Concept
environment	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Videoplace	B-General_Concept
is	O
now	O
on	O
permanent	O
display	O
at	O
the	O
State	O
Museum	O
of	O
Natural	O
History	O
located	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Connecticut	O
.	O
</s>
