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As a student (in user experience/computer engineering) I enjoy these concept videos, and they help me get inspiration for future projects. Companies that releas

by Skalman 15y ago

As a student (in user experience/computer engineering) I enjoy these concept videos, and they help me get inspiration for future projects. Companies that release them are much more likely to be viewed in a positive light by me, and I'd much rather work for a company with a creative mindset than some company that I feel is behind. This is a great way to communicate with future employees. It's also an inspiration for the various design challenges/competitions that some of those companies do.

absconditus 15y ago
Do you find MS's concept videos more compelling than Apple's accomplishments?
- Skalman 15y ago
  By accomplishments, do you mean Apple's current products? Of course. If you mean Apple's concept videos - I don't know, since I haven't seen any. Concept videos usually aren't realistic, or even preferable, since they have to convey what the technology can do simply through video. In reality, it'd probably be more discrete and easier to use. The advantage concept videos have is that they simply demonstrate possible uses of possible technology. That triggers a few questions if you're creative: Is this possible to achieve with today's technology? What problems would things demonstrated in the video solve? Is it possible to solve the same problems, or sub-problems, with today's technology? Can I develop this concept further, take it in a more useful/fun/futuristic direction?
- WayneDB 15y ago
  What accomplishments? Making lots of money? They haven't introduced anything new, they've taken ideas that have been around forever and made some high-quality versions of them. Big deal. How excited can you get about that? Meanwhile, Microsoft gives us things like Kinect which I find much, much more compelling than anything Apple's ever come up with.
  - WayneDB 15y ago
    The idea of tablets and portable devices has been around since the fifties, they didn't invent multi-touch and they built OS X on the back of Unix. How am I wrong?
    - brown9-2 15y ago
      Was the idea for Kinect one that didn't exist before, or that required no previous accomplishments (such as Unix --> OS X)? That seems unlikely.
      - WayneDB 15y ago
        Fine, Microsoft didn't do anything new with Kinect either. That still doesn't prove that Apple did anything original.

by Skalman 15y ago

absconditus 15y ago

Do you find MS's concept videos more compelling than Apple's accomplishments?

Skalman 15y ago
By accomplishments, do you mean Apple's current products? Of course. If you mean Apple's concept videos - I don't know, since I haven't seen any. Concept videos usually aren't realistic, or even preferable, since they have to convey what the technology can do simply through video. In reality, it'd probably be more discrete and easier to use. The advantage concept videos have is that they simply demonstrate possible uses of possible technology. That triggers a few questions if you're creative: Is this possible to achieve with today's technology? What problems would things demonstrated in the video solve? Is it possible to solve the same problems, or sub-problems, with today's technology? Can I develop this concept further, take it in a more useful/fun/futuristic direction?
WayneDB 15y ago
What accomplishments? Making lots of money? They haven't introduced anything new, they've taken ideas that have been around forever and made some high-quality versions of them. Big deal. How excited can you get about that? Meanwhile, Microsoft gives us things like Kinect which I find much, much more compelling than anything Apple's ever come up with.
- WayneDB 15y ago
  The idea of tablets and portable devices has been around since the fifties, they didn't invent multi-touch and they built OS X on the back of Unix. How am I wrong?
  - brown9-2 15y ago
    Was the idea for Kinect one that didn't exist before, or that required no previous accomplishments (such as Unix --> OS X)? That seems unlikely.
    - WayneDB 15y ago
      Fine, Microsoft didn't do anything new with Kinect either. That still doesn't prove that Apple did anything original.