“It's scary just how much Minority Report has predicted has come true.”
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So... something like this? this video It's scary just how much Minority Report has predicted has come true. It's almost like the movie gave advertisers a playbook.
Minority Report - Personal Advertising in the Future
578K views · Dec 8, 2010 · 1:03 · 0 HN recommenders · 9 mentions · discussed 2016–2026
A one-minute clip from the film Minority Report showing digital signage that recognizes a passerby and personalizes ads to him by name. It depicts a vision of targeted advertising driven by biometric identification.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN uses it as the go-to reference whenever a story involves ad tracking, facial recognition or personalized billboards.
“here's the scene where all the digital signage knows who John Anderton is”HN comment, 2017
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“Minority Report's personal advertising is getting closer and closer”
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Minority Report's personal advertising is getting closer and closer: this video And they won't even need retinal scanners. Facial recognition will probably be good enough.
“here's the scene where all the digital signage knows who John Anderton is”
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For those that haven't seen it, here's the scene where all the digital signage knows who John Anderton is: this video The movie was released in 2002, so fairly prescient.
“Minority Report does a decent job depicting several of these topics.”
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Minority Report does a decent job depicting several of these topics. Self driving cars[1], intrusive ads[2], and "no crime". [1] link [2] this video Not bad for a 2002 film adaptation of a 1956 short story.
“Imagine if cameras could read your retinas and identify you like in Minority Report”
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Imagine if cameras could read your retinas and identify you like in Minority Report ( this video ). Though we're not there yet, facial recognition tech is almost ready for something similar.
“The billboards scan you and then target you directly as you go by.”
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There’s a scene in Minority Report of a mall and it’s basically this. The billboards scan you and then target you directly as you go by. this video
“The Hollywood movie Minority Report has a scene where an advertising display personalizes the ad by your name.”
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The Hollywood movie Minority Report has a scene where an advertising display personalizes the ad by your name. this video
“I recently saw the Minority Report targeted advertising scene[0] as an aspirational video in an internal document outlining business goals.”
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I also work for an ad tech supplier. And yes, there is lots of incompetence and inefficiencies going around. But they sure are trying anyway. I recently saw the Minority Report targeted advertising scene[0] as an aspirational video in an internal document outlining business goals. [0] this video
“Minority Personalized Advertising”
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And then able to follow you and know your present location whenever you go by a camera. Minority Personalized Advertising this video