Person Details

Birthday: 1960-05-03 12:10:11

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York, New York, U.S.A.

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Movie Involvements: 1

TV Involvements: 1


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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.

Most Famous Work

The Social Dilemma
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The Social Dilemma

(2020) Self
Retro Tech
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Retro Tech

(2019) Self - Eye Phone Inventor (archive footage)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self
2019 Self - Eye Phone Inventor (archive footage)
2000 N/A
1995 self
1990 Himself
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