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Jaron Lanier
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer philosophy writer, computer scientist, visual artist, and composer of classical music. A pioneer in the field of virtual reality, Lanier…
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Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer philosophy writer, computer scientist, visual artist, and composer of classical music. A pioneer in the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves. In the late 1990s, Lanier worked on applications for Internet2, and in the 2000s, he was a visiting scholar at Silicon Graphics and various universities. From 2006 he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 forward he works at Microsoft Research as Interdisciplinary Scientist.
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2020
The Social Dilemma
Movie Self
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2019
Retro Tech
TV show Self - Eye Phone Inventor (archive footage)
- 2010
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2005
The Colbert Report
TV show Self - Guest
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2002
Reich: Three Tales
Movie Self
- 2000
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1995
Synthetic Pleasures
Movie Self
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1990
Cyberpunk
Movie Himself
