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Jaron Lanier, an Uncommon card
Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer scientist, futurist, and composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Jaron Lanier quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jaron Lanier card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2006, he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 has worked at Microsoft Research as an Interdisciplinary ______.
Answer
Scientist. In 2006, he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 has worked at Microsoft Research as an Interdisciplinary Scientist. From the Jaron Lanier article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in ____ to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and wired gloves.
Answer
1980s. Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and wired gloves. From the Jaron Lanier article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hierarchy. Hierarchy 78 · Jaron Lanier 75 · Destroy Lonely 72 · Kiyomizu-dera 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and wired gloves.
- In the late 1990s, Lanier worked on applications for Internet2, and in the 2000s, he was a visiting scholar at Silicon Graphics and various universities.
- In 2006, he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 has worked at Microsoft Research as an Interdisciplinary Scientist.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jaron Lanier article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Jaron Lanier
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jaron Lanier (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : JD Lasica, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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