Lessons of SF Interfaces - coming to Austin in March

[netmouse]

If you're in the Austin area in March, you might like to check out the SXSW Conference on Music, Film, and Interactive Media, March 7-16, 2008.

In the Cooper design newsletter, they noted that, among other events, Cooper designer Chris Noessel will deliver his presentation about SciFi interfaces and their influence on the creation of real-world products, "Make It So: What Interaction Designers Can Learn From Science Fiction Interfaces".

Comments

[whl.livejournal.com]

Hopefully, they aren't trying to learn from the e-mail interfaces shown in Mission: Impossible and Contact. I remember looking at those and saying that if that sort of thing showed up in the movies often enough, real products would start imitating it...

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

*yoinks idea for Polaris*

The thing that always drives me crazy about computer interfaces in media SF is that nothing is labelled. What, is everyone supposed to have the layout of their console memorized?

[timprov.livejournal.com]

We have mouseover text, presumably they have fingerover instructions.

[encorecrazay.livejournal.com]

I found that the SXSW Interactive portion is no longer worth the price. I'll hit the tradeshow for free and talk to a few people I know will be there. And I know people that actually work for SXSW and have told them my reasons in the past.