Webvision Notes: The Uncanny Relationship Between Science Fiction and Interface Design
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Time: Fri May 27, 9:30 am – 10:00 amSpeaker: Nathan Shedroff
Science fiction IS speculative fiction
Reciprocal relationship between science and science fiction
Earliest film had no interfaces. Push on doors. Shoot rockets.
Later, the directors started working with what the audience knows – ticker tape and headset phones.
New topo sand maps based on a single scene from X-men movie.
Don’t make your anthropomorphic systems too human. It sets the expecting too high for technology.
All new design is fiction.