It may surprise the reader to find that one of the founding moments for the development of virtual reality actually happened in Florence, in the early 15th century. According to art historian Giorgio ...

We do not know, as the thick walls of the baptistery hold tight to their secrets. For a thousand years the walls bore witness as each and every Florentine newborn passed through their gates. In a ...

During the 15th century, the preeminent architect and engineer of the Italian Renaissance, Filippo Brunelleschi, described the principles of linear perspective. In the centuries since, perspective ...