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"I do think there is a link in that in both cases, writing fiction or writing a computer program, at any given moment you're focusing on a very specific and particular thing—one word, one line of code, whatever."
- Neal Stephenson
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| Full-Motion Building Advertising Facade | ||
| An advertising display that covers an entire skyscraper; it provides full-motion video to onlookers. |
The 'screen' is a display that covers the entire side of the building. Note that it offers full-motion video. Also, note the vehicle lights of the flying car that is going by the midsection of the building.
 (Blade Runner: full-motion, full-size building advertisements) |
| Technovelgy from Blade Runner,
by Ridley Scott. Published by Blade Runner Partnership in 1982 Additional resources -
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Take a look at the full-motion building advertising facade in this clip from the movie Blade Runner (it starts about 15 seconds in).
As amazed as I was by this vision of the future in the movie, it's actually an older idea than I thought. Compare to the kinematograph from A Story of Days to Come (1899) by HG Wells and the giant outdoor display from The Shape of Things to Come (1936) by HG Wells.
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