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From the invention of the kaleidoscope in 1816 to the introduction of virtual reality headsets in recent years, scientists have strove to develop technology to provide new ways of seeing the world. The kaleidoscope, although crafted with incredibly simple materials, amazed the public of London due to it being able to alter the relatively drab city in which they lived and had gotten so bored with. The kaleidoscope provided a sort of escape from people’s monotonous lives and they jumped at the idea to experience a technology that would change the way they were able to see the world. A world full of color and ever-changing combinations had such mass appeal that the craze of kaleidoscopes swept London’s public like wildfire.
Just as the people of London sought an escape from the consistency of life, people today desire an occasional reprieve from stresses too. Enter the virtual reality headset, that has evolved greatly since its development in 1968 as a strictly stationary machine. The first virtual reality headset developed as an enormous machine that consisted of a viewing apparatus and a computer, but today the headset can be taken anywhere as long as it is connected to a phone. People nowadays no longer rely on kaleidoscopes to achieve their escape from reality, they can simply attach their phone to a virtual reality headset and experience anything they can imagine. From diving the depths of the oceans on a deep-sea explorer to entering space on a weather balloon, the potential for virtual reality seems endless and incredibly exciting.