I knew I was going to piss of some fans of Blade Runner when I called the Voight-Kampff machine shit. I stand by it, but some of the discussion led me to realize I should make some of the implicit …| Sci-fi interfaces
Cyberspace is usually considered to be a 3D spatial representation of the Internet, an expansion of the successful 2D desktop metaphor. The representation of cyberspace used in books such as Neurom…| Sci-fi interfaces
4 posts published by Christopher Noessel and scifihughf during December 2023| Sci-fi interfaces
Amazon's The Boys, features an interface design flaw in the Season 4 finale. The big red panic button, easily noticeable and manually activated, is bad design. The writer describes why, proposes a better design, and segues into a call to action for Americans, urging them to combat extremism and participate in the upcoming election. Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
So I missed synchronizing the Fritzes with the Oscars. By like, a lot. A lot a lot. That hype curve has come and gone. (In my defense, it’s been an intensely busy year.) I don’t think providing nominees and then waiting to reveal winners makes sense now, so I’ll just talk about them. It was … Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
I’ve been watching Star Trek for as long as I can remember. Though it’s always been in the air of culture, it wasn’t until March 2020—when we were all stuck at home with Netflix and nothing else to do—that I watched all of it from the beginning. Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
The article discusses the concept and evolution of 3D interfaces in film, TV, and reality. It analyzes 3D graphics in films like 'Jurassic Park' and 'Hackers', the adoption of 3D file systems, and the potential use of a 'computer memory palace'. However, despite the technical feasibility, the use of 3D interfaces for file browsing faded due to insufficient advantages over existing 2D GUIs, alongside the normalization of file copying and searching in people's everyday lives. Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
We interrupt the 3D file browsing series for this Santa-holiday one-off post. If you’re trapped somewhere needing design-and-Santa-related distraction, here’s a bunch of words, images, and links for you. Longtime readers may recall the Who Did it Better? Santa Claus edition from 2020, in which I took a look at speculative interfaces that help Santa … Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
Our last 3D file browsing system is from much later and in a different format. It appears in the TV series Community, season 6, episode 2, “Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care”. Thanks to the scifiinterfaces reader known by the handle djempirical for this recommendation. Community is a TV sitcom rather than a film, with short, … Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
Our third film is from 1995, directed by Iain Softley. Hackers is about a group of teenage computer hackers, of the ethical / playful type who are driven by curiosity and cause no harm — well, not to anyone who doesn’t deserve it. One of these hackers breaks into the “Gibson” computer system of a … Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
Disclosure (1994) features a unique virtual reality-based 3D file browsing system known as ‘The Corridor.’ In the film, executive Tom Sanders uses this system to search for evidence aga…| Sci-fi interfaces
Scifiinterfaces analyzes the speculative technology in sci-fi movies and TV shows for fun and erudition.| Sci-fi interfaces
1 post published by Christopher Noessel during February 2025| Sci-fi interfaces
The Fritzes award honors the best interfaces in a full-length motion picture in the past year. Interfaces play a special role in our movie-going experience, and are a craft all their own that does …| Sci-fi interfaces
In preparation for the Fritzes, a review of sci-fi movies from 2024 highlighted the prevalence of heads-up displays (HUDs). Analyzing five films, the author categorizes HUDs based on functional sop…| Sci-fi interfaces
