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I'm not gonna comment on the fashion, as I'm sure that can't be accurately predicted (hell, I'm not outruling that this prediction might prove accurate in three years..)
But have you noticed that all sci-fi movies have fucking terrible UIs and means of interacting with computers?
Take for example Minority Report: Holographic screens are cool I guess. But then they stand there and flail their arms around to move objects and entities back and forth. Now, imagine controlling a computer for an entire work day like that; You'd be fucking exhausted and crying from the muscle strain.
Keyboard and mouse have been standard for half a century now, and for a good reason. Something else will probably replace it at some point, but YMCA-dancing the instructions will not be it.
This is something i love about The Expanse, the technology actually makes sense.
Most people just have a disposable phone/tablet consisting of plexiglass (just so you have something transparent to actually hold) and a little square in a corner (which is all the actual hardware and projects a holographic interface ontop of the plexiglass), which acts much like an oldschool terminal for a central mainframe system, and you just use it like normal except it can also detect gestures around it.
Next most normal is larger versions of this mounted on the walls, which you can just swipe stuff onto from other devices and interact with more like a TV except your hand is the remote.
And that's like 90% of what people actually use, fancy 3d holographic stuff is only used when the 3d aspect is actually helpful, like visualizing the solar system or if you wanna play a board game or something like that.
And actually i almost feel this moreso for Subnautica 2, the tech in that game actually feels really sensibly futuristic to me. I struggle to put into words what exactly makes it feel so natural but i think generally, it's the same thing as how we have super advanced technology IRL yet most of the stuff we actually use day-to-day are just better versions of what was used in the past.
Candles were replaced with gas lamps, then incandescent flashlights, and now you just use the LED on your phone. Subnautica 2 does that with most of the technology and it's so fucking satisfying.
I like to think he's just fucking extra. If you rewatch the scene, another dude is working on a pretty normal computer setup, sitting at a desk, not flailing around wildly, normal sized monitor (except the monitor is transparent), etc. He seems to have the option to do gesture interaction too as he selects and moves some images with his pinky pointed at the screen, but seems like there is still a keyboard-like or touchpad interface on the desk. Then they transfer data over with a weird physical drive to Tom Cruise's giant curved monitor and gesture controlled setup using the gloves. He's just an early adopter into more experimental tech formats, like the rich kids who had the power glove for the Nintendo, or someone who has a 8k 60inch curved monitor. I bet even the amount of movements he is putting into the gestures is entirely unnecessary and over the top. He just thinks it's cool.
On the other hand you have Star Trek, which basically invented our modern computing interfaces that aren’t keyboard and mouse.
Yup, they just never figured out to have fuses and relays in the instrument panels. No wonder Geordi is blind.
The sparks are just the UI telling you someone is attacking. Think of it like force feedback on a controller.
There’s an episode of DS9 where they use pen-based computing for a scene. It’s hilarious.
I'm struggling to remember this episode. Which one is it?
Can’t remember but i think it was mid-series. Dax and the doctor were in the scene iirc. It was in the - y’know, command area outside Sisko’s office.
If you did it all day everyday you would not be exhausted you would be nice and fit like Tom Cruise.
Have you seen the matrix?
Those fuckers can manipulate all of reality with a few keystrokes.
Hotkeys, bash aliases, and a couple of hacks in perl I bet
Not a programmer but I believe you. I watch a lot of sci fi movies 👀
Hackers was my favorite.
I ONLY hack from a payphone mounted on a turntable.
Fashion repeats every 20 to 30 years.
Yes. 20 to 30 years ago I had long black hair and looked like the average black metal enthusiast. However, when people weren't looking I wore a white jumpsuit with capton belt, and a green-tinted fraggle-hair wig.