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In 1958, physicist William Higinbotham created the first video game, "Tennis for Two," on an oscilloscope. The simple game, in which a two-dimensional tennis court was displayed, has become a precursor to many modern video games, like "Pong." "Tennis for Two" was designed to entertain visitors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, demonstrating early experiments with interactive technology. The game, though very basic by today's standards, showed the potential for interactive entertainment and laid the ground for the video gaming industry. This invention never reached commercial production, yet it's an important date in video game history as a prototype, shaping arcade and console evolution for the remainder of the century. . . . #FirstVideoGame #TennisForTwo #VideoGameHistory #Pong #WilliamHiginbotham #TechInnovation #GamingPioneers #Oscilloscope #EarlyTechnology #VideoGameOrigins #ArcadeGames #InteractiveEntertainment #GamingIndustry #RetroGaming #TechMilestones #Tribunetrends

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