There is debate about how old the Matrix actually is
200 years like Morpheus states Several hundred years as some have surmised, given that this is the 6th version, which Morpheus didn't know Maybe it didn't matter The point is, with Neo injured, when they go above the clouds, Trinity sees the sun She sees the real sun, shining above the clouds The only human born in the Matrix, watching the artificial sin every day of their life, to see the real sun However the machines made the sun look in the matrix, would they be able to ever really capture it Then Trinity gets to see it for real, for one moment, with her real eyes Truly a glimpse of heaven that was waiting for her after she died The point is, we all FEEL whyand of course, Neo would never get to see it, even though he was there
Paradise Lost