> Ps. The Matrix is originally a comic book series, so it was not the brothers
> who came up with it... I do not know the origins of its concept.

I believe the concept originates with the Plato's Allegory of the Cave in
the Republic (book VII). (In it, shackled prisioners perceive shadows as
reality - a representation of his theory of forms).

Coincidentally, a number of films in 1999 played on this metaphysics 101
idea - the already mentioned Matrix, Dark City, Thirteenth Floor, Truman
Show, and Existenz. I think anyone interested in metaphysics would enjoy
all of them, but Id rank them in order as Truman show, Matrix, Existenz,
Dark City, Thirteenth Floor (which wasnt bad!).

Since my job involves creating false realities (in 2D projections), I of
course find this stuff fascinating...but I will say it was perhaps AR that
got me interested in it.

Cheers,
Matt
(who still has his AR maps)


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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Price" <pprice--austin.rr.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 3:31 AM
> Subject: AR vs. The Matrix...?
>
>
> > I did talk to two guys while at a restaurant in Westwood[In LA , near
> UCLA,
> > it's the core of Hollywood]. I explained to them AR and it storyline,
> ideas
> > and the Hollywood movie Dark City simularities to some of it and it's
> > differences[i.e. things I think they did wrong in that movie that made it
> a
> > bomb in the box office]. They listened intently, and one of them remarked
> to
> > me (as they smiled to each other) was that "ideas can't be copyrighted".
> > Matrix came out a few years later, I very much doubt they were the two
> > brothers who came up with Matrix, but it made me wonder after Matrix came
> > out.
> >
> > Technically the idea of being deceived into thinking one's environment is
> > one thing, when it is actually another has been expressed in Science
> Fiction
> > for decades before I used that core concept. Those books by great Science
> > Fiction authors probably is where I got my kernel of an idea.
> >
> > Phil