The Military Industrial Light & Magic Complex

Julian Bleecker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Interactive Media Division, School of Cinema-TV Research Fellow Annenberg Center for Communication University of Southern California Avoiding Ender’s Folly Technology, Culture & Entertainment

How are they drawn together?

What makes technology cultural?

What makes a relationship between entertainment and technology? 1. War, Entertainment & Hollywood Hollywood Film Rallies A Nation To War Film Stars Take Up The Cause of War 2. Post War — An Immense Military Establishment Eisenhower Farewell Address

"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual-is felt in every city, every state house, every office of the Federal government...In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

Eisenhower Farewell Address 3. Forty Years Later: The Military Industrial Complex? What is the “complex” today?

Computer Graphics Comes Into Its Own Ivan Sutherland

Head Mounted Display Dave Evans & Ivan Sutherland

University of Utah, Computer Science Dave Evans & Ivan Sutherland

Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation Evans & Sutherland Solutions Evans & Sutherland E&S Network

Alan Kay ~ PARC/Disney Imagineering John Warnock ~ Adobe/Macromedia Nolan Bushnell ~ Atari Ed Catmull ~ Pixar/Academy Award Jim Clark ~ SGI/Netscape SGI -> Industrial Light & Magic Military Industrial Light & Magic Complex 4. Why Is The Military In Show Business?

Shocking & Awe-Inspiring Performance

Simulation = Rehearsal Embedded Algorithms To

Blowing Things Up

Knock Things Down 5. Playful Translations Between 2nd Life Into 1st Life: Avoiding Ender’s Folly How To Couple 2nd Life Worlds & 1st Life Worlds In A Life Affirming Way?

This is weird Dance Dance Revolution Feeding Yoshi Pet Rock Star Vis-a-Vis Games Speculation

Suppose 1st Life Was Connected To 2nd Life Directly..And We Knew It?

Would That Be An Advancement in Computer Entertainment?

Supppose SimCity Translated From 2nd Life to 1st Life?

thx to tiaragirl, callmestream & rom23 for the flickr images. bruce sterling & tim lenoir for inspiration

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