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The man who designed the mysterious 'digital rain' for the 1999 movie has confessed where the strange symbols - representing an alternate reality - came from FANS of The Matrix may have theories as to ...

The Matrix’s iconic title sequences are made up of falling “digital rain”, which, upon closer inspection, was actually thousands of lines of binary code. Until now, I always assumed this code must ...

Production designer Simon Whiteley got the idea from his wife's cookbook. If you’ve ever wondered what that green text in “The Matrix” really meant, prepare for an answer that’s almost as ...

The mystery to The Matrix code has been solved. The creator of the neon green digital rain, Simon Whiteley, told CNet the code was inspired by nothing more than his wife's Japanese sushi recipe.