Douglas Trumbull — American Director born on April 08, 1942,

Douglas Huntley Trumbull is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm... (wikipedia)

We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.
I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm.
There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology.
There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens.
IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film.