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I am almost certain that I would hate using the Minority Report interface, as it was depicted in the film. If Tom Cruise's character actually had to use that e
by logfromblammo 10y ago
I am almost certain that I would hate using the Minority Report interface, as it was depicted in the film. If Tom Cruise's character actually had to use that every day, his deltoids would be the size of bowling balls.
And I'm sure his manager loves to see exactly what he's doing from 100m away.
If you stuck that UI into a pair of VR-AR goggles, and replaced the huge gorilla-arm movements with barely-visible finger twitches, I might consider it.
- mwfunk 10y agoI've always felt the same way. Looks really cool, and probably a lot more appropriate for a movie than what people would really use, but really awkward and impractical for the tasks it's supposed to help accomplish. It's sort of like having to swing a Wiimote to swing a sword in a game. Initial novelty value is great, but after a while, if you could do the same thing by simply pushing a button, why wouldn't you just push a button? No matter how good the motion tracking is, if it's not the most efficient way to accomplish the task, there's no point to it. Aside from how cool it looks and the cinematic qualities that made it appropriate for the movie, everything he used that UI for could have been done much more efficiently with a mouse and keyboard-based UI.
- jpindar 10y agoI've had a job that involved pressing buttons and turning knobs on a tall stack of test equipment. It did make my shoulders sore if I had to do that repeatedly for too long. Luckily I was able to hook the equipment up to a computer and automate the repetitive parts.
- mcbits 10y agoI want a VR interface that merely simulates a room full of monitors, controlled via a workout machine to keep me in shape while generating 30 watts to power the headset - or potentially the whole system.