<P> After E.T., Spielberg started to consult experts, and put more scientific research into his science fiction films . In 1999, he invited fifteen experts convened by Peter Schwartz and Stewart Brand to a hotel in Santa Monica for a three - day "think tank". He wanted to consult with the group to create a plausible "future reality" for the year 2054 as opposed to a more traditional "science fiction" setting . Dubbed the "think tank summit", the experts included architect Peter Calthorpe, author Douglas Coupland, urbanist and journalist Joel Garreau, computer scientist Neil Gershenfeld, biomedical researcher Shaun Jones, computer scientist Jaron Lanier, and former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) architecture dean William J. Mitchell . Production designer Alex McDowell kept what was nicknamed the "2054 bible", an 80 - page guide created in preproduction which listed all the aspects of the future world: architectural, socio - economic, political, and technological . While the discussions did not change key elements in the film, they were influential in the creation of some of the more utopian aspects, though John Underkoffler, the science and technology advisor for the film, described it as "much grayer and more ambiguous" than what was envisioned in 1999 . Underkoffler, who designed most of Anderton's interface after Spielberg told him to make it "like conducting an orchestra", said "it would be hard to identify anything (in the movie) that had no grounding in reality ." McDowell teamed up with architect Greg Lynn to work on some of the technical aspects of the production design . Lynn praised his work, saying that "(a) lot of those things Alex cooked up for Minority Report, like the 3 - D screens, have become real ." </P> <P> Spielberg described his ideas for the film's technology to Roger Ebert before the movie's release: </P> <P> I wanted all the toys to come true someday . I want there to be a transportation system that doesn't emit toxins into the atmosphere . And the newspaper that updates itself...</P> <P> The Internet is watching us now . If they want to . They can see what sites you visit . In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us . The thrilling thing is, that will make us feel we're part of the medium . The scary thing is, we'll lose our right to privacy . An ad will appear in the air around us, talking directly to us . </P>

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