{"id":6209,"date":"2022-07-05T07:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T05:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/05\/frankly-it-blew-my-mind-how-tron-changed-cinema-and-predicted-the-future-of-tech\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T07:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T05:37:04","slug":"frankly-it-blew-my-mind-how-tron-changed-cinema-and-predicted-the-future-of-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/05\/frankly-it-blew-my-mind-how-tron-changed-cinema-and-predicted-the-future-of-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Frankly it blew my mind\u2019: how Tron changed cinema \u2013 and predicted the future of tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

From cyberspace to AI, Steven Lisberger\u2019s 1982 sci-fi classic was way ahead of its time. The team behind it explain how they made a game-changer<\/p>\n

Back in 1982, computers meant one of two things in the popular imagination. Either they were room-sized machines used by the military-industrial complex to crunch data on stuff like nuclear wars and stock markets, or they were fridge-sized arcade games such as Space Invaders<\/a> and Pac-Man<\/a>. Kraftwerk were singing about home computers<\/a>, but if you owned one at all, it was probably a Sinclair ZX81<\/a>, which was only marginally more sophisticated than a calculator.<\/p>\n

And yet, that summer, cinemagoers were catapulted into the digital future. Few appreciated it at the time but with 40 years\u2019 hindsight, Steven Lisberger\u2019s sci-fi adventure Tron was the shape of things to come: in cinema, in real life, and in virtual life. As a piece of entertainment, it is admittedly no classic, but thematically, Tron anticipates issues we are still grappling with today: artificial intelligence, digital identity, privacy, personal data, the dominance of big tech. Tron was also the first attempt to visualise the digital realm itself \u2013 what was then called \u201ccyberspace\u201d but might now be termed \u201cthe metaverse<\/a>\u201d. Tron\u2019s cyber-world looks quaintly low-res by today\u2019s standards \u2013 a minimalist, angular, black-and-neon environment resembling a 1980s nightclub \u2013 but its distinctive retro chic is still much cherished and mimicked.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom cyberspace to AI, Steven Lisberger\u2019s 1982 sci-fi classic was way ahead of its time. The team behind it explain how they made a game-changer
\nBack in 1982, computers meant one of two things in the popular imagination. Either they were room-sized machines used by the military-industrial complex to crunch data on stuff like nuclear wars and stock markets, or they were fridge-sized arcade games such as Space Invaders and Pac-Man. Kraftwerk were singing about home computers, but if you owned one at all, it was probably a Sinclair ZX81, which was only marginally more sophisticated than a calculator.
\nAnd yet, that summer, cinemagoers were catapulted into the digital future. Few appreciated it at the time but with 40 years\u2019 hindsight, Steven Lisberger\u2019s sci-fi adventure Tron was the shape of things to come: in cinema, in real life, and in virtual life. As a piece of entertainment, it is admittedly no classic, but thematically, Tron anticipates issues we are still grappling with today: artificial intelligence, digital identity, privacy, personal data, the dominance of big tech. Tron was also the first attempt to visualise the digital realm itself \u2013 what was then called \u201ccyberspace\u201d but might now be termed \u201cthe metaverse\u201d. Tron\u2019s cyber-world looks quaintly low-res by today\u2019s standards \u2013 a minimalist, angular, black-and-neon environment resembling a 1980s nightclub \u2013 but its distinctive retro chic is still much cherished and mimicked. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From cyberspace to AI, Steven Lisberger\u2019s 1982 sci-fi classic was way ahead of its time. The team behind it explain how they made a game-changer Back in 1982, computers meant one of two things in the popular imagination. Either they were room-sized machines used by the military-industrial complex to crunch data on stuff like nuclear …<\/p>\n

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