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Introduction: At the dawn of time, there was no XR (Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality(MR)). Life was sad. Then, life began getting a lot more interesting, Ivan Sutherland made a sword that hangs from the ceiling, Thomas P Caudell coined the name "Augmented Reality" (sounds pretty cool) and then Facebook continued to buy the current main VR competitor which is why we have talks of the metaverse today. Here, is the history of XR and how it all came to be. Conclusion: The technology of VR, AR and MR are all very intertwined, we would not have AR without VR and we would not have VR without technologies like Sensorama, "The Sword of Damocles", and your average mobile phone. It's fascinating to follow the path of MR and see how the state of art technology of 1988 compares to the general market technology used in modern day MR in 2022, how both these histories bounce of one another and continue to progress even today, constantly waiting fo...