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 ...

One of the most visually striking elements in the Keanu Reeves starrer ‘The Matrix’ was the cascading green code. The inspiration behind the digital rain will surprise you to the core.

The blast of a fire hose, or a cool, digital rain? That’s what we thought. Introducing Blue Rain — the fire hose that is the BlueSky feed, falling semi-cryptically down your screen in Matrix ...