The game Scan Command: Jurassic Park was considered unique for its use of which device that consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones?
Barcode reader A barcode reader (or barcode scanner) is an electronic device that can read and output printed barcodes to a computer. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones. Additionally, nearly all barcode readers contain "decoder" circuitry analyzing the barcode's image data provided by the sensor and sending the barcode's content to the scanner's output port.
Laserfilm Laserfilm was a videodisc format developed by McDonnell-Douglas in 1984 that was a transmissive laser-based playback medium (unlike its competitor, laserdisc, which was a reflective system). It worked by having the laser shine through one side of the disc to a receiving sensor on the other side, where the beam of the laser would be interrupted by a spiral of small dots on the disc. This would in turn modulate the laser beam to represent the video and audio information, which was then interpreted by the receiving sensor receiving the beam on the other side.