Relationship between science fiction and user interfaces

A fascinating presentation (15 minutes) on the relationship between science fiction and user interfaces by Chris Noessel.

When I started to use computers, there was no mouse and everything was keyboard controlled. The Control Key was the most important one on the keyboard. Our user interfaces have evolved so intuitively at the moment that a 3 year old can use it! We connect user interfaces with operating systems; Windows, MacOX.

The history of operating systems is interesting, with the first graphical user interface being the Macintosh operating system that Apple released in 1984.

The start of the presentation shows the natural use of data visualisation tools to make decisions; word/tag cloud, charts.

How many of the sci-fi movies have you seen that he identifies?

http://youtu.be/-SRmmwK-CLs 

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