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Can someone explain how Minority Report dominated UI design? (serious question)

by jkw 13y ago

jljljl 13y ago
Keep in mind that it was released in 2002, well before the iPhone and multitouch became the dominant form of user interaction. A lot of the swiping, pinching, and rotating gestures can be found in the first scene of the movie. For a long time after Minority Report was released, there was massive interest in futuristic UI's that featured gestures (both touch and non-touch). Minority Report really romanticised the idea of manipulating computers in a way that resembles conducting an orchestra.
md224 13y ago
This Wikipedia article has an overview of the film's approach to technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technologies_in_Minority_Report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technologies_in_Minority_Report
anigbrowl 13y ago
The article title does rather beg the question, but I suspect the author was thinking of how gestural UI has become commonplace. Here's a useful and (and somewhat bitter) critique of the MR influence: http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/how-minority-report-trapped-us-in-a-world-of-bad-interfaces http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/how-minority-report-trapped-us... and a recent report exploring how it might yet have life as a TV UI: http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/seespace-comes-up-with-a-minority-report-style-3d-interface-that-augments-your-tv-viewing/ http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/seespace-comes-up-with-a-m... UI design feels stalled in a very weird way. whenever I try to conceive of the most futuristic interface and responsive general-purpose interfaces I've used, I keep drifting back towards 2001 and Enlighenment and Xterm 0.16 :-/ I feel part of the problem is the ubiquity of server-side CSS; I used to have an awful lot more control over my internet experience in the pre-web days, and am starting to wonder if we took a bit of a wrong turn with HTML.
psteinweber 13y ago
Having worked in the field of interactive media installations, I can assure you that every other client between 2002 and 2010 asked for Minority Report type of interfaces. It became a running gag over time, but certainly it had some influence.

Can someone explain how Minority Report dominated UI design? (serious question)

by jkw 13y ago

Can someone explain how Minority Report dominated UI design? (serious question)

Keep in mind that it was released in 2002, well before the iPhone and multitouch became the dominant form of user interaction. A lot of the swiping, pinching, and rotating gestures can be found in the first scene of the movie. For a long time after Minority Report was released, there was massive interest in futuristic UI's that featured gestures (both touch and non-touch). Minority Report really romanticised the idea of manipulating computers in a way that resembles conducting an orchestra.

md224 13y ago

This Wikipedia article has an overview of the film's approach to technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technologies_in_Minority_Report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technologies_in_Minority_Report

anigbrowl 13y ago

The article title does rather beg the question, but I suspect the author was thinking of how gestural UI has become commonplace. Here's a useful and (and somewhat bitter) critique of the MR influence: http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/how-minority-report-trapped-us-in-a-world-of-bad-interfaces http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/how-minority-report-trapped-us... and a recent report exploring how it might yet have life as a TV UI: http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/seespace-comes-up-with-a-minority-report-style-3d-interface-that-augments-your-tv-viewing/ http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/seespace-comes-up-with-a-m... UI design feels stalled in a very weird way. whenever I try to conceive of the most futuristic interface and responsive general-purpose interfaces I've used, I keep drifting back towards 2001 and Enlighenment and Xterm 0.16 :-/ I feel part of the problem is the ubiquity of server-side CSS; I used to have an awful lot more control over my internet experience in the pre-web days, and am starting to wonder if we took a bit of a wrong turn with HTML.

psteinweber 13y ago

Having worked in the field of interactive media installations, I can assure you that every other client between 2002 and 2010 asked for Minority Report type of interfaces. It became a running gag over time, but certainly it had some influence.