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| Tennis for Two |
What: Ralph Baer was one of the key figures in the invention of the video
game, with his Brown Box prototype, which led to the development of the
first video game home console, the Magnavox Odyssey. And before Baer’s
breakthrough, there was William A. Higinbotham’s legendary analog
computer game Tennis for Two, a simulation of a game of tennis on an oscilloscope.
At this special event, there will be a live discussion about the beginnings of video games, with Ralph Baer joining by Skype, and a demonstration of the Brown Box console. Following this will be an extremely rare live demonstration of Tennis for Two by Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists and curators of the William A. Higinbotham Game Studies Collection at Stony Brook University. Audience members will then be invited to play Tennis for Two.
At this special event, there will be a live discussion about the beginnings of video games, with Ralph Baer joining by Skype, and a demonstration of the Brown Box console. Following this will be an extremely rare live demonstration of Tennis for Two by Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists and curators of the William A. Higinbotham Game Studies Collection at Stony Brook University. Audience members will then be invited to play Tennis for Two.
Where: Museum of the Moving Image: 36-01 35 Ave. Astoria, NY 11106
When: Saturday October 1 @2pm
Cost: FREE with museum admission