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DOUGLAS
TRUMBULL is a legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer.
He was one of the Special Photographic Effects Supervisors for
2001: A Space Odyssey. He went on to become the Visual Effects
Supervisor for such classics as Close Encounters of the Third
Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Blade Runner, each
of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual
Effects. Mr. Trumbull directed Silent Running, Brainstorm, Back
to the Future...The Ride, and numerous other special format
films. He is the recipient of an Academy Award in the area of
Scientific and Technical Achievement, as well as the International
Monitor Award and American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime
Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions in the field
of filmmaking. Douglas is currently involved in the evolution
of visual effects using virtual digital sets and electronic
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Ever
since working on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY,
I have been on a quest to develop increasingly immersive film
technology in order to give audiences the feeling of “Being
There.” This led to the development of the SHOWSCAN film process,
which is still regarded by professionals as superior to IMAX.
Now, via emerging digital technologies I believe we are at
the threshold of a wholly new kind of media immersion, both
by giant screens and high frame rates, as well as by delivering
high resolution imagery directly to the human retina. My goal
over the next five years is to develop this new Virtual Retinal
Display technology to the point where extremely wide field
of view, high brightness, stereoscopic imagery will be indistinguishable
from reality. This could facilitate the OVERVIEW EFFECT without
having to go into space, as well as expand human consciousness
of an unlimited variety of experiences that go far beyond
our earthly physical limitations.
-- Doug Trumbull
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