Jaron Lanier
Computer Scientist
1960 –
Who is Jaron Lanier?
Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American writer, computer scientist, and composer of classical music. A pioneer in the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves. In the late 1990s, Lanier worked on applications for Internet2, and in the 2000s, he was a visiting scholar at Silicon Graphics and various universities. Lanier has composed classical music and is a collector of rare instruments; his acoustic album, Instruments of Change features Asian wind and string instruments such as the khene mouth organ, the suling flute, and the sitar-like esraj. Lanier was the director of an experimental short film, and teamed with Mario Grigorov to compose the soundtrack to the documentary film, The Third Wave. In 2010, Lanier was nominated in the TIME 100 list of most influential people.
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- Born
- May 3, 1960
New York City - Also known as
- Lanier, Jaron
- Jaron Zepel Lanier
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New Mexico State University
- Employment
- Dartmouth College
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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