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1990 - World Wide Web Invented
English programmer and physicist Tim Berners-Lee was able to make a prototype of the World Wide Web late in 1990. There is hardly anyone who isn't connected to the web in some capacity. Work and leisure have become very attached to what the web is today. -
1992- Raycasting
John Carmack was primarily responsible for developing raycasting in computer games. Originally used in 1991's Catacomb 3D, raycasting was used in 1992's Wolfenstein 3D which revolutionized gaming as we know it. One of the most popular genres in gaming today is the First Person Shooter which wouldn't even be what it is without John Cormack's raytracing development. -
1993 - Web Browsing
The web browser Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), was released and gained popularity. It's thanks to this browser that the average user can access the web quite easily. -
1994 - Small Portable Storage Invented
Pioneering the very portable memory cards, CompactFlash is introduced by SanDisk. This was the early version of SD cards and Micro SD cards we are familiar with today. This ultimately made smart phone memory, digital camera memory, and even video game save data (memory cards) possible as the years went on. -
1995 - DVD
Introduced in 1995, DVD was a vast improvement over the old VHS media. This was due to it having no moving parts to break down, and its vast storage increase over traditional tape. DVD is largely to thank for the quality of both movies and video games as it permitted much more data which allowed more advanced
