Cameron: 'We live in science fiction world'

James Cameron has said that he considers his real-life projects to be on par with the films he makes.

Speaking with MTV News, the Avatar director - who recently created a 3D camera for NASA - insisted that we are living in a "science fiction world".

"I don't draw a line between fantasy and reality," he explained.

"To me, I love science fiction, but we kind of live in a science fiction world right now. And I've done deep-ocean exploration. I've been in situations personally, for real, that I would have considered science fiction when I was younger."

Cameron went on to suggest that both reality and fantasy have much in common.

"For me, it's just a continuum between cinema, where we know kind of that it's a fantasy world, but it requires a lot of advanced engineering to create it," he said.

"[Compared to the] real world of exploration, where it requires equally advanced, but very different technology to go do interesting and new extraordinary things."

He added: "I'm comfortable in both worlds."