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Jaron Lanier

Name in Native Language: "Jaron Zepel Lanier" (English/EN)
Computer Scientist / Composer / Programmer / Writer / Businessperson / Pianist | * 05/03/1960 (63) | New York, New York (United States of America (USA))
Jaron Zepel Lanier (born May 3, 1960) is an American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music. Considered a founder of 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 wired 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. In 2006 he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 has worked at Microsoft Research as an Interdisciplinary Scientist. Lanier has composed contemporary classical music and is a collector of rare instruments (of which he owns one to two thousand); his acoustic album, Instruments of Change (1994) features Asian wind and string instruments such as the khene mouth organ, the suling flute, and the sitar-like esraj. Lanier teamed with Mario Grigorov to compose the soundtrack to the documentary film The Third Wave (2007). In 2005, Foreign Policy named Lanier as one of the top 100 Public Intellectuals. In 2010, Lanier was named to the TIME 100 list of most influential people. In 2014, Prospect named Lanier one of the top 50 World Thinkers. In 2018, Wired named Lani... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Talk-Shows

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Awards & Nominations for Jaron Lanier

Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels Time 100 Goldsmith Book Prize

Movies with Jaron Lanier as Actor(2)

as himself2020 The Social Dilemma
as himself1990 Cyberpunk

TV Shows/Series with Jaron Lanier as Actor(2)

as Self - Eye Phone Inventor (archive footage)2019 Retro Tech
as himself1995 Kulturzeit

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Full Name: Jaron Lanier
Born: Tuesday, 05/03 1960 (May) in New York, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 63 years + 330 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New Mexico State University
Employer: Columbia University, Atari, Inc., VPL Research, Advanced Network and Services, Silicon Graphics, Microsoft
Influenced by/Role models: Marvin Minsky
Jaron Lanier frequently works together with these people:
Jeff Orlowski (2x, Crew)
Davis Coombe (2x, Crew)
Marques Brownlee (2x, Actor)
James Lamb (2x, Crew)
Mark W. Olsen (2x, Crew)
Jill Ahrens (1x, Crew)
Vincent Kartheiser (1x, Actor)
Annette Hunt (1x, Cast)
Laurie David (1x, Crew)
Gavin White (1x, Actor)
David Stone (1x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:757565, Added: 11/03/2018, Last updated: 03/01/2024