Aperture Science was founded as Aperture Fixtures in the early 1940s by Cave Johnson. Aperture Fixtures was primarily dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of shower curtains – a low-tech portal between the inside and outside of a shower – with Cave Johnson winning the “Shower Curtain Salesman of 1943” award.
Is Aperture Science mentioned in Half Life?
Aperture Science, Inc. is a United States-based scientific research corporation appearing as the main antagonistic organization in Portal and Portal 2, as well as its logo on the Borealis in Half-Life 2: Episode Two.
What is Aperture Labs from?
Built in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA sometime after the founding of Aperture Science in 1943, the Aperture Laboratories is the main headquarters for the company. It is unknown if the same complex is used during the time Aperture was a shower curtain manufacturer.
When was Aperture founded?
1943
Cave Johnson’s Portrait. In 1943, Aperture Science was founded by Cave Johnson, as a shower curtain manufacturer called ‘Aperture Fixtures’. The name was later changed to “Aperture Science” around 1947, seemingly random, the name was chosen “to make the curtains appear more hygienic”.
How far down does Aperture Science go?
The salt mine is composed of nine vertical shafts, each at least 4000 meters deep and hundreds of meters in length. Within the cavernous shafts is a large abundance of space that remains unused by Aperture, and installations are often suspended above huge drops that extend deep into the mines.
Are Tf2 and half-life in the same universe?
Technically yes, since Portal 2 canonized Many Worlds. They also hypothetically take place in our ‘universe’. My theory is that Tf2, Portal, DoD, And Half-Life All exist in the same universe. DoD- takes place in World War 2 where it might be possible that the Medic was working as a medic for the Nazis.
How did Aperture Science Innovators get its name?
Aperture Science Innovators was the trade name used before the 1970s. In the early 1940’s, Aperture Fixtures was founded by Cave Johnson as a shower curtain manufacturer (The name “Aperture Fixtures” was chosen “to make the curtains appear more hygienic” ).
Why did Cave Johnson name his company Aperture Science?
Johnson renamed the company “Aperture Science Innovators” in 1947, also for the same purpose of making the curtains appear more hygienic. In 1947, Cave Johnson purchased an abandoned salt mine that ran over 4200 meters underground in order to create the facility for Aperture Science.
When did Aperture Science start working on GLaDOS?
In response to this news, Aperture Science begins developing GLaDOS. In 1996, after a decade spent bringing the Disk Operating System parts of GLaDOS to a state of more or less basic functionality, work begins on the Genetic Lifeform component.
Why does cave blame Black Mesa for aperture’s bankruptcy?
Cave suspects Black Mesa of industrial espionage on the company’s products, and blames them for Aperture’s bankruptcy. ( Propulsion Gel was released around this time too.)
