We all know that the core of virtual reality is the device. From the 80’s till now things has changed a lot and Head Mounted Displayย became even more lighter and smaller. Oculus Rift is the most comfortable Vr machine ever engineered, with no other component except form the visor, but it was a long road to achieve the result. Fortunately cinema has always been interested in this particular theme and year after year gave us several different representation of virtual reality device.
Let’s take a look at 5 movie scenes that display how cinema has seen HMD.
Johnny Mnemonic
How can we access to our mind and how can we use this almost infinite power to store data? You need a Head Display and a pair of gloves to surf your mind as the internet, just like Johnny Mnemonic.
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The Lawnmower man
In the movie the machine is not just a Head Display but involves all the body to facilitate a total immersion in the alternate reality. Perfect strategy for virtual sex.
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Disclosure
It’s strange, but the most realistic virtual reality device is the one we’ve seen in a film not about vr itself andย definitely not a sci-fi movie at all. This is theย HMDย from Disclosure and, again, it’s all about virtual database.
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Matrix
No external device onto the body! The only thing you’ll need to enter the Matrix, probably the most complex virtual reality ever imagined, sit down and let the “operator” plug a cable in to your neck.
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Demolition Man
In one scene of this sci-fi cult movie they show up a very particular kind of vr device: no head display, no gloves and no cables, just a little high fashion helmet and enjoy the experience.
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