There was a lot of excitement about VR in the early 90's, but it was not driven by the game industry. I had the rare experience of using a VR hang glider simulator that was exhibited at SIGGRAPH in 1993. I was just a kid then, but it was far more impressive than any gaming system.
Looks like the hang glider simulator is mentioned in this book, "Sex, Drugs and Tessellation: The Truth About Virtual Reality, as Revealed in the Pages of CyberEdge Journal" [1]
SIGGRAPH has been called "the original VR meetup." [2] Much of the VR technology back then was used for military training/simulation and wasn't shown to the world [3].
Looks like the hang glider simulator is mentioned in this book, "Sex, Drugs and Tessellation: The Truth About Virtual Reality, as Revealed in the Pages of CyberEdge Journal" [1]
SIGGRAPH has been called "the original VR meetup." [2] Much of the VR technology back then was used for military training/simulation and wasn't shown to the world [3].
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Drugs-Tessellation-Revealed-Cyber...
[2] Siggraph's VR Pioneers Panel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdB8k_qn7qM
[3] http://www.verycomputer.com/279_26cdca95e0a26462_1.htm