“I did research at NASA Ames [a major research center in Silicon Valley] in 1993 for the film Hiatus. I also experienced the early version of VR [virtual reality] at VPL [an early, an arguably seminal, virtual reality equipment company], that company responsible for the headsets and gloves. I had numerous conversations with Jaron Lanier, the founder of VPL, while in production on this film. There was a lot of promise and optimism surrounding the labs in Mountain View at that time. They were building a free simulator for experience: an open simulator for an interactive experience between two people. Flight simulators control the experience by putting the viewer into a strict set of functions, integrating with the machine to control the reality.”
