Minority Report - cool interface

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satchmosatchmo
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Just caught this flick and the user interface for navigating around a screen was great.



Hand gesture simply move things around a floating holographic-like screen.

The movie itself was great too, except I think Spielberg could have cut it shorter and not have such a complete and tidy ending.



Any one else see this yet?

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  • Reply 1 of 17
    the toolboithe toolboi Posts: 557member
    Ive hated Speilburgs endings since he re did the Close Encounters of the Third Kind ending.



    I heard that they actually got a guy from MIT to design the computer interface and gesture system, so ya, its cool
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  • Reply 2 of 17
    scott_h_phdscott_h_phd Posts: 448member
    His movies suck and he sucks. AI was pure crap.



    We have an interface right now to move things around with a hand gesture.
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  • Reply 3 of 17
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mr. Sarcastic:

    <strong>We have an interface right now to move things around with a hand gesture.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well duh. It was only set like 50 years in the future. If that technology is just emerging now, it better be in a movie about the near future. My review: There were two scenes that were a little long, and some of the plot/characters were hard to follow, but the "dropping the eyeball" scene was hilarious! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> My entire theater cracked up. Overall, it was a great movie and I will need to see it again.
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  • Reply 4 of 17
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    I liked the movie and thought the computers were cool.



    Another great movie by Spielberg, except for AI..that one sucked.
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  • Reply 5 of 17
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    The movie was good and the interface was pretty cool.
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  • Reply 6 of 17
    satchmosatchmo Posts: 2,699member
    Actually the clear panel monitors on the desks reminded me so much of my the LCD screen of my iMac with it's lucite surround border.



    I wondered if it was Mac inspired.
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  • Reply 7 of 17
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    Wow, cool. And he even had the gall to put a scene in with a Gap store in the future...way cool. I'll wait for the rental...
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  • Reply 8 of 17
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    I thought the movie was good as well. I liked the "Gesture" OS but I thought it was a little odd to have "Cards" that must be moved from one place to another. I view the future as being well connected and forgoing on the need to physically move data. Oh yeah the Shotguns were REALLY cool..where do I get one!
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  • Reply 9 of 17
    timotimo Posts: 353member
    Really liked the interface; I kept imagining how nice it would be to draw like that.



    The tips of light on the end of the gloves also made me think that those gloves could give some tactile response, so that it would be even easier and intuitive to accomplish tasks on that "desktop."
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  • Reply 10 of 17
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Can you minimize the "cards" or do they use WindowShade?
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  • Reply 11 of 17
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    I just saw it. I had to go to the theatre that's 40km away from my house :eek: because of time issue....



    Not a bad movie.
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  • Reply 12 of 17
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    [quote]Originally posted by Leonis:

    <strong>. I had to go to the theatre that's 40km away from my house :eek: because of time issue....

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Dang..you don't have a local store that sells Time magazines?

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  • Reply 13 of 17
    thentrothentro Posts: 231member
    It was good until the last 45 min, then it got to much like A.I. with a unrealistic tacked on feel-good ending. Just like they did with the original "blade runner" (that was fixed in the directors cut)

    I do agree it was a great vision of the future.



    p.s. The book (short story) ends like the movie should have, go read it.
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  • Reply 14 of 17
    scott f.scott f. Posts: 276member
    WARNING: SEMI-SPOILER!!!!



    STOP READING IF YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO GIVE AWAY ANY PARTS OF THE MOVIE!!!



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    My only "Oh, now COME ON" negative comment to the movie was the scene where he goes to extract Agatha from the building... he conjurs up a big lever that acts like a big "Flush" of the toilet...? What possible use would that have...? Why was he the only one who knew it was there or where it lead to...? If it was to drain the fluid, why would there be no drain mesh or grating...? It just seemed STUPID to have the big toilet-bowl escape plan.



    other than that... it was a very entertaining movie that (yes) did have a slightly weak ending.
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  • Reply 15 of 17
    jeffyboyjeffyboy Posts: 1,055member
    I dug the movie big time. I was thinking the whole time that the computers looked a whole lot like what Apple's giving us now, OS XX version of the Aqua (Air?)interface notwithstanding.



    It looked like he was conducting an orchestra, which I think is a cool metaphor for computing.



    I like most Speilburg movies. I've never seen AI, though. Schindler's List is my all-time favorite flick, I can't wait for it to be on DVD.



    Jeff
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  • Reply 16 of 17
    ludwigvanludwigvan Posts: 458member
    [quote]Originally posted by jeffyboy:

    <strong>I dug the movie big time. I was thinking the whole time that the computers looked a whole lot like what Apple's giving us now, OS XX version of the Aqua (Air?)interface notwithstanding.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Ironically enough, Dell supplied the computers for the film according to the credits.
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  • Reply 17 of 17
    ludwigvanludwigvan Posts: 458member
    [quote]Originally posted by scott_h_phd:

    <strong>His movies suck and he sucks.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    What's wrong with Schindler's List?
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