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'''VPL Research''' was a company that made [[virtual reality]] products. It was one of the first virtual reality companies. It was founded by [[Jaron Lanier]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=VPL Research {{!}} C-SPAN.org|url=https://www.c-span.org/organization/?112710/VPL-Research|access-date=2021-01-22|website=www.c-span.org}}</ref>

VPL developed some of the first commercial head-mounted displays, called [[EyePhone]]. It built upon the work of [[LEEP Systems]].

VPL Research filed for bankruptcy and eventually all of its patents were bought by [[Sun Microsystems]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Sun Snaps Up Original VR Patents|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/1998/02/sun-snaps-up-original-vr-patents/|access-date=2021-01-22|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

"VPL" stood for "Virtual Programming Languages".<ref>{{Citation |last=Burbules |first=Nicholas C. |title=Rethinking the Virtual |date=2006 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3803-7_1 |work=The International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments |pages=37–58 |editor-last=Weiss |editor-first=Joel |access-date=2023-10-12 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-3803-7_1 |isbn=978-1-4020-3803-7 |editor2-last=Nolan |editor2-first=Jason |editor3-last=Hunsinger |editor3-first=Jeremy |editor4-last=Trifonas |editor4-first=Peter}}</ref> 

VPL's funding came in part from [[Marvin Minsky]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Virtual reality: spreadsheets for industry - tutorial |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222002357if_/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0REL/is_n10_v90/ai_9543499/pg_6 |website=BNET |publisher=CBS |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>
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