Invention of vedio games

As the Head of the Instrumentation Division at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Willy Higinbotham, invented the world's first video game to entertain visitors to the Brookhaven National Laboratory. He is said to have expressed regret that he would more likely be famous for his invention of a game than for his work on nuclear non-proliferation

Invention: Tennis for Two Video Game in 1958

Function: noun / precursor to Pong

Definition: Believed to be the world's first computer video game. It was created
on an oscilloscope to entertain visitors during visitor days at the
Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Patent: Never patented. Developed while a government employee.

Inventor: William Alfred Higinbotham a.k.a. Willy Higinbotham

Criteria: First to invent.

Birth: October 25, 1910

Death: November 10, 1994

Nationality: American

Milestones: 1958 William Higinbotham invents a "Tennis" computer game-type at
the Brookhaven National Labs
1968 Ralph Baer has a working prototype of the "Brown Box" finished
1971 Baer files patent application on March 22 for TV Gaming Apparatus
1972 Magnavox licensed the Brown Box and markets it under the
name Magnavox Odyssey
1972 Nolan Bushnell invents Pong game for arcades
1974 Atari, Bushnell's company, introduces the home version of Pong
through Sears retail stores
1975 Nintendo's first venture in gaming was as the distributor of the
Magnavox Odyssey in Japan

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