HAL 9000 (or simply HAL or Hal) is a fictional artificial intelligence character and the main antagonist in the Space Odyssey series.

Apr 18, 2023 · HAL's eye is actually a Nikon 8mm fisheye lens. HAL's "birth" date is January 12, 1992, which was 29 years prior to the film's release. HAL is often portrayed with a red "eye," but it is actually a lens that can change color.

Dec 16, 2024 · Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey gave the world one of cinema’s most chilling villains – the malevolent AI known as HAL 9000. With his ominous glowing red “eye”, HAL has become pop culture iconography for evil artificial intelligence.

The HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer) 9000 computer is an artificial intelligence and the onboard computer on the spaceship Discovery One. HAL 9000, more commonly called "HAL", became operational at the HAL plant in …

Feb 10, 2013 · HAL 9000 was the AI villain from Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series, and the main bad guy in Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Sep 23, 2019 · The on-screen HAL 900 – the single “eye” in blazing red – was played by one of Nikon’s most extreme lenses, its 8mm f/8 fisheye. But how did they add the glow? Simple – they used the camera’s very own red filter (R60) which screws on to the back of the lens.

Apr 29, 2013 · Devoted film fans will spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars (occasionally even thousands) to create flawless replica props for their personal collections. The iconic eye of HAL 9000 from 2001: a Space Odyssey is one such object of desire…popular enough that detailed (and pricey) licensed reproductions exist. This is cool stuff!

Jul 14, 2020 · There are lots of great stories about the Nikon 8mm f8 fisheye lens, but perhaps one of the most famous is how it became a critical part of HAL 9000 in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The...

Mar 24, 2017 · Obviously there’s the glowing red pupil of Hal 9000, but everything from corridors to spacecraft to solar flares hints at the idea of eyes, seeing, and understanding.

The HAL 9000 Prop Eye Lens and HAL Point-of-view Lens. HAL's point of view shots were created with a Cinerama 160-degree Fairchild-Curtis wide-angle lens. This lens is about 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter, while HAL's prop eye lens is about 3 inches (7.6 cm) in diameter.