Minority Report

Schematics' Multi-touch Interactive Touchwall Debuts in Cannes [video]

Cliff Kuang — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:08:37 -0400

Schematic, one of the interactive agencies which helped conceive the augmented-reality interfaces of Minority Report, has been laboring for the last seven years to make the film's dazzling technologies a reality. They just showed off their latest attempt, which comes tantalizingly close.

The Interfaces Aboard the New Starship Enterprise

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:53:08 -0400

One of the most important and charismatic characters in the new Star Trek movie by read more

Why Minority Report-Style OS Is Coming To PCs Sooner Than You Think

Kit Eaton — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:59:11 -0500

Windows Icons Mice and Pointers--the WIMP environment is how we've been piloting our computers since the clever guys at Xerox PARC developed the system in the early 1970's. The mouse itself has just turned 40 years old.

Tech Watch: The Minority Report Computer Is Real

Chris Dannen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:05 -0500

If you saw Minority Report, you probably saw the multi-screen, gesture-based interface that Tom Cruise uses to pull up police files and though, “That's cool. But I'll never live to see that thing invented.” Then you might have seen Microsoft demo its Surface operating system, and thought that's as close as the world would ever get to intuitive, mouse-and-keyboard-free computing.