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[[Image:Oni_matrix_overlays.png|thumb|right|214x172px|<center>What is the matrix?</center>]] | [[Image:Oni_matrix_overlays.png|thumb|right|214x172px|<center>What is the matrix?</center>]] | ||
The '''"Oni matrix"''' is Bungie's name for a pattern of binary digits, [[ | The '''"Oni matrix"''' is Bungie's name for a pattern of binary digits, [[wp:Kana|kana]] and [[wp:Kanji|kanji]] used recurrently as a background element in [[:Category:Promotional_art|promotional art]], [[:Category:Packaging_images|packaging]], [[:Category:Splashscreens|level splashscreens]], and even the [[:Image:Main_Title_Screen.png|Main Menu]]. It appears in animated form in Oni's [[Trailers|1999 trailer]]. It was likely inspired by "[[wp:The Matrix|The Matrix]]", which came out during Oni's marketing phase.<ref>"The Matrix" came out in early 1999, but the iconic [[wp:Digital rain|"digital rain" visual]] was revealed somewhat earlier, in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8e-FF8MsqU&t=2m25s late 1998 trailer].</ref> | ||
A distinctive feature of Oni's "matrix" is the non-random meaning of the Japanese symbols, which was deciphered by dedicated fans over the years. Digest results of that research are presented below (a detailed historical account is available [[/Translation_effort|HERE]]). | A distinctive feature of Oni's "matrix" is the non-random meaning of the Japanese symbols, which was deciphered by dedicated fans over the years. Digest results of that research are presented below (a detailed historical account is available [[/Translation_effort|HERE]]). | ||
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===Ghost in the Shell (1995)=== | ===Ghost in the Shell (1995)=== | ||
A possible inspiration for the "digital rain" in "The Matrix" is the opening titles of "Ghost in the Shell" (1995) ([https:// | A possible inspiration for the "digital rain" in "The Matrix" is the opening titles of "Ghost in the Shell" (1995) ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHil4Y4r3Wk&t=260s seen here]). In this case we are looking at a monochrome screen (hexagonal halftone) densely packed with lines of fixed-width characters (with slight height variations from one line to another). There are no letters or kana, and the digits are decimal rather than binary. Instead of scrolling, the digits are flickering in rapid succession, seemingly at random (patterns can be identified only by looking at snapshots). The opening titles' lines are gradually "extracted" from this rapid succession of digits, not unlike a [[wp:Split-flap_display|split flap display]]. | ||
Since Oni's 1999 trailer specifically uses the sliding matrix columns as a background for titles (with titles seemingly emerging from the flowing data), it is possible that the GitS opening had a direct influence as well. | Since Oni's 1999 trailer specifically uses the sliding matrix columns as a background for titles (with titles seemingly emerging from the flowing data), it is possible that the GitS opening had a direct influence as well. | ||
===Meteo ( | ===Meteo (1989)=== | ||
Meteo is | [[wp:Meteo (film)|Meteo]] is a Hungarian science-fiction art film. It is far lesser-known than "The Matrix" or GitS, but it has an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpuijKR-054&t=1m50s interesting scene] with a perplexed coder staring at pages of cryptic data. Some of the code uses densely packed characters from the extended ASCII table, flickering at random, and visually similar to Matrix code. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||