Comments on: Star Trek and the Future of UX http://www.randomnonsequitur.com/post/449 is by Anne K. Halsall and concerns nothing in particular Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bill Janes http://www.randomnonsequitur.com/post/449/comment-page-1#comment-8364 Bill Janes Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:48:14 +0000 http://www.randomnonsequitur.com/?p=449#comment-8364 But is it at all telling that even the most fantastical visions of communication and interface are limited by what's currently available? Is that just lack of budget, or is it a limitation of imagination? Star Trek is a perfect example. I'm a TNG kid, so seeing touchscreen computing, tablets, communicators, and speech translation all finally coming to fruition is really exciting. But then I look back at the original series, with it's incandescent lights and CRT screens. What so constrained that vision. It seems like a common theme in sci-fi. We've been waiting for flying cars for how long now? Is it the ubiquity of the automobile that makes other forms of transportation hard to even imagine? But is it at all telling that even the most fantastical visions of communication and interface are limited by what’s currently available? Is that just lack of budget, or is it a limitation of imagination?

Star Trek is a perfect example. I’m a TNG kid, so seeing touchscreen computing, tablets, communicators, and speech translation all finally coming to fruition is really exciting. But then I look back at the original series, with it’s incandescent lights and CRT screens. What so constrained that vision.

It seems like a common theme in sci-fi. We’ve been waiting for flying cars for how long now? Is it the ubiquity of the automobile that makes other forms of transportation hard to even imagine?

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