Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/jaron-lanier Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/jaron-lanier en Thu, 23 May 2013 19:01:52 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 19:01:52 GMT Rev9 1 1 25 Jaron Lanier is an extraordinary individual. He is the father of virtual reality, a forceful pundit for "software humanism," an accomplished musician, a philosopher, and a Microsoft Partner Architect working on cloud computing problems in the Extreme Computing group. For three years, Jaron was a Scholar at Large, providing valuable technical input to the Live Labs folks. And he was also a technical consultant for the wildly popular science fiction film, Minority Report(which, of course, contained a heavy dose of virtual reality). 

Jaron has strong opinions on a variety of topics related to software and its fundamental purpose of benefiting humanity (we often forget that software is for people, first and foremost). Also, he is probably one of the harshest critics of Web 2.0 and the current state of the Internet. One of the great things about Jaron is that he doesn't merely criticize and rant; rather, in his critiques he offers well-thought-out solutions to very complicated problems. This is a very admirable trait.

Jaron was in town a few days ago, and I had the privilege of chatting with him about a variety of interesting topics, including his interest in virtual reality, his ideas on "post symbolic communication," software development futures for large scale programming (Jaron's ideas on what he calls phenotropic programming are mind blowing), mathematics in the universe, lack of privacy on the Internet, the problem with Google and Facebook, music, his new book, You Are Not a Gadget, and more. This is a great conversation with a true iconoclast. We will have Jaron on C9 again. There is much more to talk about.

Enjoy. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/A-Conversation-with-Jaron-Lanier Jaron Lanier is an extraordinary individual. He is the father of virtual reality, a forceful pundit for "software humanism," an accomplished musician, a philosopher, and a Microsoft Partner Architect working on cloud computing problems in the Extreme Computing group. For three years, Jaron was a Scholar at Large, providing valuable technical input to the Live Labs folks. And he was also a technical consultant for the wildly popular science fiction film, Minority Report(which, of course, contained a heavy dose of virtual reality). Jaron has strong opinions on a variety of topics related to software and its fundamental purpose of benefiting humanity (we often forget that software is for people, first and foremost). Also, he is probably one of the harshest critics of Web 2.0 and the current state of the Internet. One of the great things about Jaron is that he doesn't merely criticize and rant; rather, in his critiques he offers well-thought-out solutions to very complicated problems. This is a very admirable trait.Jaron was in town a few days ago, and I had the privilege of chatting with him about a variety of interesting topics, including his interest in virtual reality, his ideas on "post symbolic communication," software development futures for large scale programming (Jaron's ideas on what he calls phenotropic programming are mind blowing), mathematics in the universe, lack of privacy on the Internet, the problem with Google and Facebook, music, his new book, You Are Not a Gadget, and more. This is a great conversation with a true iconoclast. We will have Jaron on C9 again. There is much more to talk about. Enjoy. 3040 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/A-Conversation-with-Jaron-Lanier Wed, 19 May 2010 20:06:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/A-Conversation-with-Jaron-Lanier Charles Charles 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/A-Conversation-with-Jaron-Lanier/RSS C9 Conversations Computer Hardware Computer Science Jaron Lanier Mathematics Philosophy Privacy Programming Virtual Reality