The guys at EVL are posting a lot of videos !!
Those two show a state of VR in 1993, with an impressive list of videos and applications. It would be really nice to have one such video now =)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAZwBM1kUqQ[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XRuTmRstIg[/youtube]