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Part of the Dashboard design plan was to create a series of help messages; to guide Filmmakers through key project setup and help introduce our tools. The goal was to make these fun and not keep things too corporate and stale. So instead of just a generic message/alert box we wanted to come up with a “mascot” of sorts. Someone to help you through your project journey and greet you on arrival.
We decided who better to guide us through our project then HAL 9000, For those of you who do not know who HAL is:
HAL 9000 is the sentient on-board computer of the Discovery One spacecraft and major antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke's fictional Space Odyssey saga.
HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is an artificial intelligence which interacts with the crew, usually represented only as a red television camera "eye" that can be seen throughout Discovery. He speaks in a soft voice and a conversational manner.
Stanley Kubrick is a Filmmaker who has had a major impact on our team here and also I bet most of our members. 2001: A Space Odyssey is widely credited for being both one of the most scientifically realistic and visually innovative science-fiction films ever made while maintaining an enigmatic non-linear storyline.
So without further ado let me introduce Hal. He will be appearing on a Project Dashboard near you.
