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

- Douglas Trumbull

When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion that a movie could be like a first-pers…

- Douglas Trumbull

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

- Douglas Trumbull

Clearly, if wed had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat plane…

- Douglas Trumbull

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

- Douglas Trumbull

The technology of the time dictated the way things looked.

- Douglas Trumbull

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

- Douglas Trumbull

My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or min…

- Douglas Trumbull

There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology.

- Douglas Trumbull