1982 virtual reality exercise bike
The LaserTour, introduced in 1982 for $20,000, utilized the "modern magic of microelectronics to create a totally new concept of surrogate travel as you exercise." The faster you pumped your legs, "the faster you whirl[ed] through the landscape."
How many of these are collecting dust in the billiard and pinball rooms of retired septuagenarian entertainment industry executives who used them once or twice, then had nothing to do with them other than occasionally using the video disk as a makeshift cocaine mirror? Link
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