Matrix Oscar Winner: "It Was a Prototype Disguised as a Blockbuster" I spoke to John Gaeta, the man who built bullet time. While Hollywood thought they were making a sci-fi trilogy, his team was running a research project in plain sight. We covered: - How they raided Berkeley PhD labs for 3D tech Hollywood didn't have - Why Matrix 2's "universal capture" became the blueprint for all digital humans - How the OG Matrix crew went on to build The Mandalorian's virtual production tech - Why science fiction quickly becomes a prototype of the future - His new platform to bypass the gatekeepers - … and the interactive Matrix AI-world that Hollywood killed for being "too risky" Quotes from John: "These ideas aren't lightning strikes in a bottle. There are people around the world starting to put things together." "There is no reason the original creators of remarkable stories should not be the same people developing the interactive counterparts." "The Matrix was a cautionary tale. We don't want to end up enslaved by these remarkable systems we're inventing." Watch the full conversation: