Title: Why You Want (But Won’t Like) a Minority Report-style Interface
Context: “Gestural interfaces are surely the future.” “No they’re not. And stop calling me ‘Shirley’.”
Synopsis: Once you get past the crappy acting, paper thin characters and cheesy dialogue, the thing everyone remembers about “Minority Report” is the crazy gestural interface that Tom Cruise used to update his Facebook page. Or maybe he was trying to track down a mass murder or something. Who cares? The point is that you saw that scene and immediately wanted to jump 50 years into the future so you too could Tweet your followers simply by waving your arms around like a loon. But maybe – and this is just a maybe mind you – that type of Cruisian-cool UI is actually more trouble than it’s worth. If you’re anything like me, where your daily workout consists solely of power lifting Doritos, than you might be better off sticking with the good old mouse/keyboard combo for the time being. For everyone else, wave away. I’ll be in the bathroom using my body to disrupt a beam of light in order to wash my hands.
Best Bit: “Instead of looking to Minority Report for inspiration, might I suggest we look to a humbler source for the future of gestural interfaces: public bathrooms.”
via kickerstudio.com
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