Father of Video Games
Video games are more than a pastime they have become a global market. Ralph H. Baer is the father of video games. He was born in March, 8, 1922 in Germany. A dangerous time and place for Jewish children and their families. Baer faced increasing anti-Semitism while he was growing up. The Nuremberg Laws, a series of highly repressive measures passed in 1935 that deprived German Jews of political and social freedom. These laws forced him to leave school at age thirteen, though he pursued his studies on his own.The Baer family was fortunate to have escaped Germany for America months before Kristallnacht otherwise known as the Night of Broken Glass in 1938. Most of Bear’s mother’s family had immigrated to the United States in 1895, there were plenty of relatives who were willing to sponsor Ralph Baer and his family, a key immigration law requirement in America at that time.
As a young immigrant, Baer now had the freedom to choose his own future. He became a radio service technician in 1940 and worked in the field for three years. He was then drafted into the U.S. military. He served one year stateside and two years overseas in …show more content…
He and Dena Whinston got married in 1952 and they had three children Two sons and a daughter. To be closer to his family, Baer set up a lab in his basement to work. In 1966, Baer had an brilliant idea while waiting at a bus stop. He remembered how, in 1951, he had proposed an idea to the television company that employed him. He said that they should build games into their brand of television sets to differentiate them from those of their competitors. The proposal was rejected, but, fifteen years later, Baer realized that the idea still had a good chance of working. By the 1960s, millions of Americans had invested in televisions for their homes, which meant that there was already a huge market for a product that would allow them to interact with their television
Video games are more than a pastime they have become a global market. Ralph H. Baer is the father of video games. He was born in March, 8, 1922 in Germany. A dangerous time and place for Jewish children and their families. Baer faced increasing anti-Semitism while he was growing up. The Nuremberg Laws, a series of highly repressive measures passed in 1935 that deprived German Jews of political and social freedom. These laws forced him to leave school at age thirteen, though he pursued his studies on his own.The Baer family was fortunate to have escaped Germany for America months before Kristallnacht otherwise known as the Night of Broken Glass in 1938. Most of Bear’s mother’s family had immigrated to the United States in 1895, there were plenty of relatives who were willing to sponsor Ralph Baer and his family, a key immigration law requirement in America at that time.
As a young immigrant, Baer now had the freedom to choose his own future. He became a radio service technician in 1940 and worked in the field for three years. He was then drafted into the U.S. military. He served one year stateside and two years overseas in …show more content…
He and Dena Whinston got married in 1952 and they had three children Two sons and a daughter. To be closer to his family, Baer set up a lab in his basement to work. In 1966, Baer had an brilliant idea while waiting at a bus stop. He remembered how, in 1951, he had proposed an idea to the television company that employed him. He said that they should build games into their brand of television sets to differentiate them from those of their competitors. The proposal was rejected, but, fifteen years later, Baer realized that the idea still had a good chance of working. By the 1960s, millions of Americans had invested in televisions for their homes, which meant that there was already a huge market for a product that would allow them to interact with their television