Whiteley reiterated the culinary-inspired origin of the Matrix code in a 2019 interview titled, ... "But movies aren't made by single people.

THE MATRIX has guarded its biggest mystery until now. What was all that indecipherable green code running down the screen. Did it hold the secrets to the very essence of reality itself? Apparently ...

Speaking with CNET in 2017, the code's designer, Simon Whiteley, revealed that the now-famous green code (also known as "digital rain" among fans) was inspired by one of his Japanese wife's cookbooks.

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Without that code, there is no Matrix.” Advertisement The recipes in questions actually came from his wife’s cookbooks, he’d scanned them for the codes to make up the falling rain.

The QR Code, though the first and most widely known of the 2D matrix codes, is not the only game in town. A number of competing formats exist, each vying for a place in the emerging landscape. For the ...

The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes.