Johnny Mnemonic Future Internet

[HauntingEchoesOfLost]

In the future you'll hear this conversation:

"Oh, are you surfing the web?"

"No, I'm just a spazz. Common mistake."

[Innomen]

@HauntingEchoesOfLost

When the person who posted the video thumbs up a comment on it, it should count as 2 thumbs, just sayin.

[sejin54]

I wish access to the internet was like this rather than boot up windows. launch explorer/firefox/chrome. So boring :(

[SpiroHrvoje1989]

I could probably convince my Grandma this is actually the internet

[JKalmann]

Angry Johnny is Angry

[JKalmann]

"Google Maps?" lol

"what kind of website is that?" ROFL

IT IS cyberspace, kids

And...no Kinect but VR gloves, for God's sake

[BlackYoshi8989]

whaaaaat?

[MrJudas666666]

"what are you doing" im using a futuristic computer what does it look like bitch

[MrJudas666666]

they really should keep the keyboard and mouse, i dont want to get tired from using my computer cause i wave my arms around.

[MrJudas666666]

what kind of website is that?

[Krisztian5HUN]

0:25 Google Maps selected? :)

[ShadowsHeat]

Kinect?

[Innomen]

@ShadowsHeat

Google xbox360 kinect drivers

[Quintega]

@ShadowsHeat Its a called a DECK kiddo they appear in most Cyber punk stuff. It uses neural interface hence the head gear. IT was first created by William gibson in Nueromancer

[stimsWonderland]

How can the graphics for this part of the movie be soooo good and then crap when it they show cityscape of Beijing and Newark?

[V3NOMXIII]

lol imagine porn on that thing

[pool741]

introducing windows 8 .....

[Blacklemon67a]

so according to this movie you could accidentally hack into NORAD if you have a muscle spasm?

[mazimadu]

Thats one complicated way to skype.

[TheBlitz1]

sad keanu

[MrNicholas132]

does every Keanu reeves movie have people sticking things into his head?

[stewartmatheson]

facebook is going to be hectic in the future.

[HotPerogi]

using the internet seems so tiring. uhh, so much exercise you get great shoulder muscles.

[nemac23]

reminds me of robocop lol

[Thingamuhjig95]

wait so how do u jack off with those gloves?

[LeTrungAnh]

Dance Keanu, dance...

[neocoders]

At 1:37 you can see his backup machine, there in case his deck craps out on him.

[negrittah]

Que ódio me deu, comecei assistir esse impressionante filme ontem na Globo e antes da segunda parte eu dormir....

[lightemup]

the computer'svoice sounds like EVA from command and conquer

[mleczko79]

@lightemup more like other way around, lol

[Metamusik]

This scene made the movie... well, this scene and when yakuza-guy laser-whips that asshole into little chunks. Modular pistol was pretty nice too. That being said, I'm still waiting for the movie that will do Gibson justice.

[Innomen]

@Metamusik

Let's hope that Ridley Scott directs and Peter Jackson funds Neuromancer, if it ever gets made. :P

[Metamusik]

@Innomen Let's hope it's timemachine-brought-late-70's-­Ridley Scott holding the reins.

[Innomen]

@Metamusik

1982 :)

[Durwood71]

There's a reason this movie is known as "Johnny Moronic".

[slitor]

He'd done things quicker with wget.

[VladiSSius]

this was 16 years ago, while the internet still use dial ups. maybe 15 years from 2010, wi-fi and all our now's stuff will also be obsolete...

god bless cyberpunk!!

[sinni800]

This kind of passwort entering mechanism would be awesome. Like the password is a rubiks cube, and you have to move the correct parts of it. (Not SOLVE it, but just move the ones set as the password)

[colinpoh]

This movie and 'Gamer' have both painted a realistic future in computer interface. (Minority Report comes close).

[kruppenstein]

It sure looks awesome and futuristic, but I can't imagine myself waving my arms in the air just to check my Facebook inbox in flashy 3-D environment...

[Metamusik]

@kruppenstein Who's got time to check facebook when you're being headhunted by a rouge AI for a job up the grav-shaft? That drug-addict cyborg dolphin never responds to your invites anyway, so fuck it.

[JohnnyRimShot]

Who could have guessed that in the year 20 fucking billion, the Chinese Cyber Mafia would be using fax modems?

[jmm1233]

defiantely unix based , i so wish i had an os like that

[Innomen]

@jmm1233

Indeed and with the open Kinect drivers created, we have a device to handle it. Sans gloves. :)

[xrockthe40ozx]

I dont know about you bozos but i get on the net like this every day. My hands stay busy dog.

[lordcycle]

I love how in the future he still uses a dial up modem lol.

[JoeJacksonable]

abh abh abh abh

[jiveturkey25]

IT IS AMAZING that we don't have that as a way of accessing the Internet!

I wonder how modern A+ certified, Net+ certifed techs would translate what's going on in this scene or even make sense of it. Can any of you out there on Youtube?

[Innomen]

I have thought about it before, but more along the lines of "what is all that."

I imagine much of it amounts to the standard desktop layout you see on a fresh install, or it could be a customized environment template unique to johnny

The intention is an objective-mode interface, like you see what I see, but it could also be subjective.

The gestures are clearly addresses and login details. What he is seeing is (BRT online) a tiny specific fragment of the net.

[Innomen]

@jiveturkey25

Notice how the hotel system looks different, much like how web pages look different.

His manipulation of the hotel symbol as a stone puzzle could be analogous to some kind of lower level interface. The console, or command line, while the previous attempt was gui. Possibly he attempted his room key or some kind of guest ID and it was rejected. He got shocked after two attempts.

Clearly the interaction is composed of three parts: Gestures, Manipulation, and Speech(fax buffer).

[Innomen]

The fax buffer approach is accurate. To this day many printers/copiers/faxes have hard drives that actually store copies of documents. (There was a new special about it and the related identity theft risks.)

The online translator reminds me of babel fish.

When the yakuza commands lower the bandwidth, I think he's asking for a play for time. Limiting the net speed of the entire area to slow johhny down. "Go low rent" is probably a reference to the isp quality based on the neighborhood.

[carbomb19]

Fuck the i-phone, I want one of these!

[gouki2005]

So if you fail the password once you recive a discharge....if you fail twice you receive a discharge until you die

[TheMechanicalLemon]

Actually our-days internet surfing is much better and more practical then the one displayed here. Though this could have been cool

[Innomen]

I disagree.

Its just that our input methods limit use to a largely two dimensional environment. I blame intellectual property law making equipment and software archaic and expensive.

Just look at the price of VR displays, that is about patents and nothing more.

If nuance and others would open source their technology the net would be 3d not too long after because of the interface potential.

It's just that IP law and tactical/strategic patenting has radically narrowed innovation.

[nsgmusic]

Firefox is better

[UberSecret]

Two minutes of logging in, going through all those links--including a translation--and he was unable to find: a fax (being sent to Kinko's).

[georgehwbush]

Dude, the internet is exactly like that nowadays. It took me several minutes to find YouTube.

[Zoomer30]

Close but you'll have to wear electrods around your groin area so if you try to hack something it will hurt.

[anti0918]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who wears a lab coat to surf the net.

[darkdan4ever]

zomfg, coding the most simple app for this in asm would take years.... =0



[Andre4OOO]

hehe the little electro shock het gets for the denied access^

[UncleFeedle]

One of the few movie appearances of Autodesk 3D Studio DOS in action.

[Chenzel05]

Heeeey marcarena

[DarealRadexHEJOO]

When I was a kid I was like "THIS IS SO KEWL!". I kinda still have the same impression of it. :)

[captcomando1]

i love the power glove, it's so bad... ha!! ha!! what tha fuck is this shit?

[harlequin2262]

@captcomando1

It's an AR glove. Augmented Reality.

Still somewhat relevant today. Idea being that you can use them to touch virtual icons. Rather than a mouse, you use a hand. Combine these with "augmented reality objects", and you can interact with the web without a computer or keyboard.

Consider: Walk into a reastraunt. You sit down. Immediately, the tiny transmitter inside the table transmits a picture of the menu to you. You read it either through a chip implanted in your brain, or throu

[harlequin2262]

@captcomando1

Or through some image glasses/contact lenses. Like having a computer screen inside your eye. You use the gloves to touch the objects you want to order.

No paper, and very handy when they change menu's, or offer discounts to certain patrons.

There's a big feild related to stuff called Haptics. That's the position of your body. Certain gestures mean certain commands, etc. Rather than use a joystick or a steering wheel, the position of your hands changes everything.

[harlequin2262]

@captcomando1

Oh, and the gloves'd have little gel pockets in them that'd swell at the right times so it would feel like you were actually "touching" the electronic keyboard.

[mario0318]

The only thing accurate about this movie is the idea Newark will still use Fax machines in the distant future

[Mazryonh]

What happened?! Why can't we get the internet like this?! I would love to have an interface like that!

[Innomen]

The same thing that happens to all innovation.

Intellectual property law.

Go look up iglasses those damn things are STILL 500$ or more, i assure you a patent is behind that.

Our Company masters will stifle innovation for as long as they can.

[DevilMaster]

The i-glasses are bullshit. Their technical specs are obsolete (a FOV of 26 degrees is way too small) and they are still overpriced. VRealities sells several 3D visors that perform better than the I-glasses at a lower price.

[peakstate]

@Innomen so true but none of these companies have imagination and that my friend is what its all about. I think now people understand that in order to pwn Goliath you must decentralize and remain open source. It's been over a decade now that the corps have been prostituting the net - there is a major shift coming :)

[jigglesnap]

Gorilla arm

[peakstate]

@Mazryonh LOL I totally agree - the implications of this technology are unpredictable to say the least, no way to regulate it, too many loop holes. I will say though that in the next 3 years something like this will become real as the creation of a subnet will occur in the next 12 months. There are many reasons for this - keep your eyes open we are more near the epoch than you think. 1990 here we go again.

[Mazryonh]

@peakstate I'd rather play with gloves and an HMD than trust an implant in my brain, myself.

[peakstate]

@Mazryonh I'm down with just some thompsons and some haptics tech.

[dsemTube]

@Mazryonh You'd get RSI killing pop-ups, though.

[Mazryonh]

@dsemTube Remind me; what does RSI stand for again? Is it something invented by William Gibson?

[ChrisAlgoo]

@Mazryonh RSI represents Repetitive Stress Injury, also known as Carpal Tunnel.

[FractalBolt]

lol internetz!

[fehercsongor]

I like the music. It's so retro-cyberpunk-sci-fi!

[georgehwbush]

Guys, stop laughing. The internet is serious business!

[fodera6]

I love the dial-up tone on startup. :D That's what happens when you only have the existing technology in mind.

[DevilMaster]

This was made for a 1995 audience. Back then, the ONLY type of internet connection an average member of the audience could have used was dialup, so the dialup tone was there to let people immediately understand that he was connecting to the internet.

[DevilMaster]

And that's also why he's talking about a "fax modem" (how long ago did you hear that term for the last time?): so people in a 1995 audience would immediately understand what he was doing.

[imshadi]

Does this look futuristic to you?

This look already seems kind of retro to me. For example the goggles... monitors are 3D already.

For one I don't believe the net is ever going to look like this. It's too abstract and incomprehensible. This design is just made to portray Neo (I know...) as master of a complex environment. But I am sure that navigating in the future is certainly gonna be very comprehensible and the design of interfases is going to be clean, although graphically impressive.

[Innomen]

The only reason we don't have goggle displays is because of tactical patenting inhibiting innovation like it always does, that's the reason 99% of "up and coming" technologies never appeared on the shelf.

The movie is clearly based on the whole Neuromancer and shadow run thing, and as such the whole idea of physical peripherals is silly, especially with the brain implant being a part of the plot.

He should have simply jacked in at which point it could have easily looked like that, to him.

[Innomen]

But most importantly, the future will be full of options, and this sort of interface will be desired by some. Perhaps precisely because of it's retro nature.

[imshadi]

Yeah... So it will definitely exist even if it's a rarity!

I'd like my computer to be like the ones in max headroom. Although I don't know how long I could use them before I go crazy.

[Innomen]

Elephants.

Mine won't even have a screen, it'll be attached to my corpus callosum and I won't recognize it as a distinct entity.

It will be like the thing that just searched your memories for elephant references and presented them to your conscious mind.

:)

[DevilMaster]

Monitors are 3D already, but you can't have head tracking with a monitor.

Well, technically you can, but try turning your head straight up with a 3D visor, and you'll see what's above you in the virtual world. Try to do the same thing with a 3D monitor... what do you see? :-)

[jmm1233]

love to have a linux distro that looked like that

[SartoriusSeven]

HA HA HE'S USING THE INTERNETS

[shueln]

Dude, if the internet isn't like this in about 15 years, Im taking a cyanide pill.

[cyberwaste83]

this scene always makes me wonder how it would be like to play Wipeout 2097 in VR gogles while being screwed on acid...

[misio129]

(!) wipeout so awesome...

[DevilMaster]

Hey, you CAN play Wipeout 2097 with VR goggles! The Z800 (available from Emagin) and the VR920 (available from Vuzix) are 3D visors that connect to any PC and use drivers (from nVidia, iz3D or Vuzix itself) to display every Direct3D game in stereoscopic 3D!

[thehoopatribe]

If that were the real internet, Johnny Mnemonic would still be closing all the annoying pop-ups and ads.

[shueln]

LOL

[DevilMaster]

Nah, he'd just use Firefox and Adblock.

[Mazryonh]

@thehoopatribe There are pop-ups and ads in this sequence. The giant logos (including the ONO-Sendai corporate logo) are this film's equivalent of pop-up ads.

[FlameFury117]

@thehoopatribe

thats truee lol :P

[bogoio]

@thehoopatribe and useless comments as yours

[Kakerot4141]

@thehoopatribe nah, with an internet that could be accessed via a neural implant, all the ads would be subliminal. you'd never see a popup, but after you logged off you'd be saying to yourself 'IS my penis big enough?'.

[Jagticon]

This is like using the internet with 2 Wii controllers and an Icam.lol

[hexholden]

LOL nerrad. Gibson had also the crazy idea of thanking "for all the faxes" with his editor on Idoru. strange king of analog geek :D

anyway JM stay as a pillar in the digital history, isn't it? I really loved it

[SWinger7]

this is exactly how the real internetz is

[merkaba71]

Uhhh, how did my video get butchered? Now its all tiny and half of it cuts off!

[Etuxia2]

I think you are a pain in the ass.

[Etuxia2]

What? It would bo cool!

[Finntroll]

if you don't touch the magical triangle the correct way, the internet will electrocute you =D

[Nerrad1970]

I really liked this movie I will admit, but I do miss the days of hearing the soothing tones of my modem dialing in to the net. Ah, those were the days. As an aside, William Gibson, author of the book to this film once said he'd got a computer for the first time, and heard this horrible grating noise, phoning support he asked what was going on, they responded by saying 'sir, thats the hard drive'.

:-)

[Nerrad1970]

Lol, its still dial up :-)

[Innomen]

lol yea, but hey its still neat :)