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I really enjoy that aspect of the visuals because it's like a tiny reflection of the kernel of cyberpunk (the genre, not the game). Here you have a technology
by shadowgovt 4y ago
I really enjoy that aspect of the visuals because it's like a tiny reflection of the kernel of cyberpunk (the genre, not the game).
Here you have a technology that would work in a way totally different to the way people assume... But someone put the effort into making it look like it does something else because the skeuomorphic expectations of the human makes that inaccurate representation feel more correct.
That gap between the way tech works and the way our perceptions and psychology drive us to assume it works is very real, and it underpins piles of tech we use everyday, from the icons for making calls and hanging up to whether browsers blank the screen when navigating to another site.
- ehnto 4y agoAbsolutely, and I am perhaps morbidly excited to see what this next generation of technologists come up with, as they have never lived in a world without tech dominating day to day life. Has our idea of the human/technology interface shifted far enough that the idea of information technology implants will seem a sensible optimization of day to day life? Will skuemorphisms change over time? Maybe the symbol for a neural implant phone call will look like a smartphone (I think it does in Cyberpunk 2077 but I can't recall)
- bee_rider 4y agoEven really user-friendly and reliable stuff like iPhones still craps out or needs replacement for anyone to be comfortable implanting it surgically I think. I do wonder if they’ll be more amenable to the 2035 version of Google Glass though.