Jaron Lanier
Born: 1960-05-03 in New York, New York, U.S.A.
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2020
- The Social Dilemma as Self
2019
- Retro Tech as Self - Eye Phone Inventor (archive footage)
2002
- Reich: Three Tales as Self
1995
- Kulturzeit as self
- Synthetic Pleasures as Self
1990
- Cyberpunk as Himself