History of VR
Features and Versions
Geography
Science and Tech
Space / Aerospace
100

This year marks the founding of Vibration Research Corporation

1995

100

Although not widely publicized, this is the first VibrationVIEW version to have virtual channels

VibrationVIEW v2025.3

100

This country has the largest population in the world

India

100

This scientist formulated the three laws of motion

Isaac Newton


100

What is the largest planet in the solar system

Jupiter

200

This person is the longest full-time VR employee without the Van Baren last name.

Jon Drnek

200

This is the first version to support 512 input channels.

VibrationVIEW v2021.1

200

This Chinese invention used black powder and was originally developed for military purposes

Fireworks


200

The www in the website address stands for this

World Wide Web

200

This force keeps an airplane in the air by opposing gravity

Lift

300

In this year, VR moved to its current location

2014

300

This was the first release of ObserVIEW

ObserVIEW v2018.1

300

This is home of the automaker that produces the 3 series and the 5 series.

Germany

300

This unit measures electrical resistance

ohm
300

This reusable spacecraft carried astronauts for NASA from 1981 to 2011

Space Shuttle

400

VR released this hardware in 2023

TRUDAC

400

This version introduced the world to iDOF

VibrationVIEW v2015.2

400

This is the world's largest desert by area.

Antarctica

400

This device converts sound waves into electrical signals.

Microphone


400

This planet rotates on its side

Uranus

500

VR's previous office was memorably described by John Van Baren as this.

"a pretty big garage"

500

This version ended support for the VR8500

VibrationVIEW v2017.1

500

This river is known as the "Yellow River" 

Huang He

500

This condition occurs when excitation frequency matches a structure's natural frequency

Resonance

500
On this planet, a day is longer than a year. (It takes 243 earth days to spin around once, but only 225 earth days to finish one trip around the Sun)

Venus