Known as the "father of video games" and inventor of the home video game console, Baer transformed interactive entertainment.
In 1949, Baer went to work as chief engineer for a small electro-medical equipment firm, Wappler, Inc., where he designed and built surgical cutting machines, epilators, and low-frequency pulse-generating muscle-toning equipment. In 1951, he went to work as a senior engineer for Loral Electronics in the Bronx, New York, where he designed power line carrier signaling equipment for IBM.
From 1952 to 1956, Baer worked at Transitron, Inc., in New York City as a chief engineer and later as vice president. He started his own company before joining Sanders Associates in 1956, where he stayed until retiring in 1987.
Baer was a Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
