Me neither. I wrote a piece about it recently: http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/11/17/g-speak-back-to-vr-gloves-again/
- I finally got to use the phrase "smell the glove".
The Bond UI was interesting. But more-or-less like a giant table-
sized iPhone. Not earth-shattering. At least not to me...
The Bond UI was really a Surface or any other multi-touch table. In
that context of discussing information together I could see it being
useful, though the UI itself was rather over-egged (for film, of
course). You still have to slide documents over to the other side of
the table for the person to see, it's just that they are more flexible
and digital, which is an advantage to loads of paper (tagging,
resizing, extra layers of info, etc., etc.).
What was interesting about it was how not-futuristic it was compared
to other Bond tech in years gone by. I haven't really looked around to
find out, but I would be interested to know if they really made the
table or just comped it in afterwards, which is the usual route for
VFX in film.
My guess is that MI6's offices look more like something out of The
Office than Bond, although they claim the "gap narrows" from time to
time: http://www.mi6.gov.uk/output/faqs.html
By the way, they also hire designers: http://www.mi6.gov.uk/output/technology-profiles.html
. Of course, you'd only be licensed to draw, not to fire. Ha ha ha.
Best,
Andy
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Research | Writing | Strategy
Interaction Concept Design
Education Futures
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