Historical role
What the organisation contributed
The company supplied laboratory time, engineering resources and an intellectual-property framework within which Baer, Bill Harrison and Bill Rusch developed television-game prototypes.
Why it mattered
That institutional support helped turn interactive television experiments into technology that could be licensed for a consumer home-console product.
Connected topics
Where this fits in ITEM
Evidence
Sources and further reading
- The Father of the Video Game: Ralph Baer Prototypes and Electronic Games
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