The GUI and WIMP interfaces were born out of experiments by a small team doing independent research, and future interface innovation is just as likely to come f

The GUI and WIMP interfaces were born out of experiments by a small team doing independent research, and future interface innovation is just as likely to come from places like that. Even Apple's multi-touch gestures were largely already thought out by the small company Fingerworks before they acquired them. Though I also don't doubt that there is interesting stuff happening in secret rooms at Apple that we aren't privy to. I'd still look at projects like Dynamicland [1], or to scifi: the form factor for the iPad appeared in ST:TNG 20 years before it did on shelves[2], many AR researchers reference Vernor Vinge's Rainbow's End. [1] http://dynamicland.org/ http://dynamicland.org/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVqHoGKQXLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVqHoGKQXLI