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There was every reason to honestly say that 3D was a gimmick. And it's largely true. And it's largely pretty bad. When you put a filter in front of the projector, and you put on your glasses and cut the light in half again, the movies are dim as hell, and they give you headaches and eye strain, and it's terrible.

~Douglas Trumbull

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Clearly, if we'd had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color.

~Douglas Trumbull

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We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.

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I'm fearless when it comes to engineering and motors and gears and pulleys and glass and artwork.

~Douglas Trumbull

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Every movie presents unusual challenges, and I like solving the problems with a combination of artwork and engineering.

~Douglas Trumbull

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If you want people to come to theaters, you better do something different.

~Douglas Trumbull

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There's been a bit of confusion about Showscan. The basic problem was, it was film and it was 70 mm and it was a lot of it, so the negative cost was very high, the print costs were very high, and it also required conversion of the projectors and theaters and a lot of costs. I just couldn't get any traction in the theatrical movie industry to do it.

~Douglas Trumbull

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But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.

~Douglas Trumbull

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I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm.

~Douglas Trumbull

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I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions.

~Douglas Trumbull

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: April 8th, 1942

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