Michael Douglas in virtual reality - Disclosure

"Disclosure" (1994) - starring: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall
CREDITS:
Warner Bros. (1994)
Director - Barry Levinson
Producer - Michael Crichton, Barry Levinson
Screenplay - Paul Attanasio
Production Company - Warner Bros. Pictures
Music Composer - Ennio Morricone
#MichaelDouglas #DemiMoore #DonaldSutherland

[@reving19]

It may not be 100% accurate, but I got to give them props for attempting to be visionary here.

[@dnasty312]

Like Johnny Mnemonic's long-distance phone call 🙌🏻

[@isaiahayers1550]

It may not be 1% accurate

[@mutate34]

@@isaiahayers1550 Angel delete this comment

[@grumbel45]

It's almost 100% accurate. Everything you see there is available today. We have treadmills (KatVR), we have face scanning (Kinect, CodecAvators, VisionPro), we have desktop-environments-in-VR (WMR Portal, VisionOS), hand tracking (Quest, VisionPro), video calls (VisionPro), goofy 3D stuff (WMR Portal), voice commands (WMR Portal), even the loading animation is exactly what you find in many modern VR games. People losing balance in VR is also 100% on point (see /r/VRtoER). The only thing we don't have is everything nicely integrated into a single VR ecosystem, e.g. Quest does not have a good VR desktop environment, WMR does not have hand tracking, VisionPro does not support treadmills, document/file management is still rather lacking everywhere, but the features are all there. Furthermore any goofiness in the movie can be excused by the VR system in the movie itself being a demonstration prototype, not a mass-market consumer device.

[@VinixWu]

The introducing video of Apple Vision Pro made me thought about this movie. Some of the features are so alike! 🤣

[@DOSkywalkR]

I remember watching this back then and being blown away by virtual reality, wanting to experience it myself. Took a long time, but it was worth it. I know many people consider VR a joke, but there's quite some gems to get lost in. Oh and also: crazy to think how long Donald Sutherland has been old looking with white hair, and he's still acting 😄

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

Lol facts. Seem like he's been old forever.

[@mutate34]

@@charlesspeaksthetruth4334 oof

[@wildwill-sp1kv]

Just came here from watching the Wal Mart VR shopping thing. In a way Michael Crichton was way ahead of his time in predicting that mega corps would try and make simple tasks, like looking up a file or shopping on the internet, into a clunky, bizarre, and completely unnecessary VR experience.

[@jasoncummings7052]

And this was 8 years before Minority Report!

[@EpicBeard815]

it looks 18 years before

[@eyeswideshut7354]

‘And Jesus Wept!’

[@Hazzard65]

STOP SAYING JESUS WEPT

[@marvinvoorhees]

He does look like a Jackass! ahahahaha! I had to see this!

[@crithon]

"I set the time zone!"

[@eyeswideshut7354]

@@crithon my phone does that automatically

[@MM-ko1bk]

And Lawnmower Man. Did you see Lawnmower Man?

[@FailSonOfAnarchy]

3:00 One of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[@astat1]

You are going to see much funnier and much more bizarre things in your life, believe me.

[@MestreRyu]

Best part of the movie

[@orbazel]

Michael Douglas walking through a virtual cathedral = Michael Douglas walking through a physical desk, trashing his computer and breaking his legs.

[@stefantomasi4036]

The special effects are awesome

[@alucard624]

@@stefantomasi4036 They truly are. ILM did this entire sequence no less.

[@eagleone08]

Back in 1993 this type of technology was considered almost as science fiction. The first Oculus Rift was developed in 2016, 23 years later!

[@carloschambliss1752]

Oculus as in the word OCCULT??? YALL CRAZY!!!!

[@VoodooV1]

still not widely used though. mostly used for gaming and even then it's not great. It's still very much a gimmick

[@FrogsAmok]

And still just as stupid looking!

[@craigwilson3532]

@@carloschambliss1752 me too?

[@SincerestSawa]

Coincidentally twenty three years later, uncanny how much that number comes up

[@shaunjones3683]

The VR device he is using is from an actual Seattle-area company. The problem was, that company arrived at the VR party way too early.

[@octoman511]

Apple vision pro

[@EV-wp1fj]

When I saw this I thought it was the most preposterous needless segue in a weird movie to begin with. But here I am, 26 years later after getting an Oculus Quest 2, seeing how this tracks. And it's actually there. With exception to the fact that you can't really represent yourself well in VR. It's also to say, sadly, that VR is kind of cheese. It was cheese in 1994, and it's equally cheese today. So it still has a way to go. Also, Zoom calls in that video. Yipes. This really is the future.

[@HaroldSchmarold]

Have you tried boneworks?

[@BlownMacTruck]

If you think it’s cheese, you really haven’t used modern VR.

[@jogman262]

The Angel creeped me out.

[@stefantomasi4036]

In my eyes, 3:01 is even more creepy

[@jonathanc4166]

He seemed genuinely startled when he ran into the maid. I wonder if the director didn't tell him that she was going to be in the scene.😁😂

[@salmansengul]

I just watched the movie and replayed that bit several times. That jump he did was kinda weird and seemed pretty genuine. 😂

[@jonathanc4166]

@@salmansengul I kinda of wonder if the director wanted a genuine reaction and didn't tell him about the maid in the movie. 😄 😄

[@salmansengul]

@@jonathanc4166 Looks like it. His reaction and jump was kinda out of place. Decent movie. 🍿

[@taylorwaylor8965]

Michael Douglass tried on the first vr headset I’m convinced

[@tarrylrosier8443]

This movie predicted the metaverse.

[@PaulvonOberstein]

This movie predicted MeToo.

[@martindebrois1472]

I love how scary Meredith is, in here when he sees her .... Like the directors told her "Do your best RBFace, so we can make a still .. "

[@tacoenvy]

4:43 some straight Houdini stuff right there

[@mutate34]

the heroes in early 90s legal thrillers were amazing at sneaking around...like ninjas

[@spacered]

I remember watching this when I was 17. That Ant-Man enters a VR-like quantum realm

[@healyfamily1323]

I remember watching this as a kid and knowing even then how bogus it was. Like it would ever make sense to file things in virtual reality. I have the computer right here, but let me just put these googles on and stand on a trampoline to read the documents. “My god, she’s in the system..!!”

[@roseymalino9855]

They were trying to portray a concept to movie audiences not computer scientists and make it interesting to watch..

[@nicky2coats]

😂

[@stefantomasi4036]

The Digicom effects in this movie remind me of special effects used in a popular science fiction movie

[@pottedrodenttube]

This scene was only slightly more realistic than the Big Money video from Rush.

[@Drakemiser]

Still looks better than meta.

[@EEdmunds]

Are you a friend

[@SearchIndex]

A. Friend 😂

[@johhue]

Predicted WebEx, Alexa, Oculus Rift

[@rodneysammons5544]

Metaverse goes way back.

[@SilverSpoon_]

it's a unix system, he knows that. >tfw no sgi workstation with VR glasses

[@gochem3013]

3:01 Long behold, the first "Nextbot" of 1994. Predating Nextbots from Garry's Mod.

[@shalamarlewis2584]

I'm not sanders..he did seem genuinely startled by the ,,,,,, what

[@nymarekintvilik8371]

this is the Verse already

[@kikinao]

I was expecting something extra cringy, but it holds up pretty well up until the 3:00 mark. The headset, the platform he's standing on, the pixelated character coming to life, the Assassin's Creed-like effects, etc. Too bad it turns into a mess after that, what with the DELETING alerts, the angel and the walking portrait with a wireframe body.

[@johnbaugh2437]

I know. Almost as good as my son’s oculis

[@EpicBeard815]

In case enyone doesn't know, this is a scene in the middle of AN EROTIC THRILLER ABOUT A SEXUAL HARRASSMENT SUIT. This is like if, in Kramer vs Kramer, Meryl Streep got in a spaceship halfway through and discovered warp speed

[@nicky2coats]

😂😂😂

[@mutate34]

I lol-ed when I read this part in the book. It was so obviously forced in "to make it a Michael Crichton novel" because his fans expected SOME sci fi adventure aspect

[@In-N-Out333]

I'm still waiting for Apple to add the trampoline.

[@eagleone08]

0:04 what was that, a bark? Lol

[@stefantomasi4036]

Almost sounded like one imo

[@douglasmurphy3266]

Someone at Nintendo greenlit the Virtual Boy after watching this.

[@eyeswideshut7354]

And we are all the better for it!

[@RubenMartinez-tu8ge]

With all the walking he's doing you would think he would run into a hotel wall.

[@theresamiller6958]

I'm here in 12/21 to show one of my friends that Oculus is so eerily close. 😳

[@monickalynn4365]

Whoa tech

[@captainamerica8701]

What music is this 1:11

[@dnasty312]

I know Ennio Morricone composed the score

[@stefantomasi4036]

@@dnasty312an amazing score

[@Neftegna]

I never saw actors use the mouse 🖱 in a movie. Have you?

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

Star Trek V The Voyage Home

[@SubjectRandom21]

Yes, Jurassic park.

[@MrJHDK]

Highlander 😉

[@CarlosC-lv1gm]

METAVERSE Wisdom of Solomon 3:10 “But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord

[@jirensentry7609]

LOL he got scared for real.

[@dnasty312]

I would too if I saw _that_ 3:01

[@chongchapman2566]

Is like program in the programs.... What they see as reality but actually in the programming worlds.... Including every steps.... But only within their minds moving without actually moving.... Just my current life styles.... Never lived rooms, but I know everything, when get to near me to having programming.... After my surgery succeed, that put me in Broawick GA, to reinstall body control.... Only they can succeed when they programming successfully.... Because, I’m the only one who recognizes every single things that without ever programming.... They have tried every person but have failed....

[@4D4plus4is4D8]

The best thing about this post is the "edited" tag.

[@paristo]

It is like Microsoft BOB kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6XIeGmlqp2gjbc

[@briancarney3443]

Oh, , I get it now.... So this is how Earnest Cline and metaverse Zuckerberg got their start.

[@octosalias5785]

I think Community spoofed this?

[@eyeswideshut7354]

We were building worlds within worlds! - Sergeant Foley

[@Rammichi1]

Jesus wept!

[@stapler942]

Yup. And for some reason Big Mouth did a whole episode about them doing a musical adaptation of Disclosure. A really bizarre thing to reference out of nowhere. 🤣

[@redbaron8130]

Wtf!

[@MANZANOADRIAN]

Did criton write this scene

[@cubdukat]

Probably not. Paul Attanasio took a lot of liberties with Crichton's material.

[@alucard624]

This whole sequence is in the novel as well.

[@mutate34]

yes, it's in the book, though i think details like the angel are made up.

[@mutate34]

@@cubdukat this is one of the most novel-true MC adaptions IIRC

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[@crithon]

why is the Chroma Key so poor, Granted even Sienfeld episods had HORRIBLE Chroma Key, but I'd imagine this sequence would be where all the money is spent, and it looks like a CD Rom adventure game with Mark Hamill and Christopher Walken. Waited 27 years to see just this scene alone, and amazed it's not even on par with Johnny Mnemonic, and that was CAMPY!

[@dayyou]

Hi. I'm gay actor michael douglas

[@eyeswideshut7354]

Hey how R Ya!

[@RylanStorm]

This stupidity nearly ruined a good movie

[@chrisandrew9840]

This entire segment hurts the movie. It's corny as hell. sad thing is there's some actual ahead of it's time concepts in the movie, but the things that are wrong or didn't pan out will always seem more apparent- and shit like having Douglas stumble around a 1994 CGI depiction of a library is just goofy.

[@PaulvonOberstein]

This scene is the only reason why I even remember this movie, so the scene at least makes an otherwise boring movie stand out.