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The Future...? (Redux)

June 1, 2007 at 9:14 AM by Chris

 This video shows a more realized application of some of the 'wow-inspiring' imagery in the video I linked to on March 22.

It's amazing how quickly this technology is changing! When I saw Minority Report, and all the examples of how computers will be more seamlessly integrated into the architecture of our day-to-day lives, my reaction was one of interest but I couldn't help but think that these things were a bit further off than Spielberg's consultants might have thought. But at this point, I feel differently. Even Google's simplification of interface with Gmail pushed user interface design in the direction of minimizing options and 'clutter' because it's search tool was strong enough to find what you were looking for without the cascading file folder approach to organization. The only remaining thing that I would like to see increase at the same rate would be our ability to sustain all this technology using less resources rather than more...

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Comments


 greg June 1, 2007 3:35 PM
If coffee table computing catches on, I might just quit my job as a developer and become a chiropractor.