When done right, a science fiction or fantasy film will leave audiences with a prescient glimpse into our actual gadget future. Remember the heady pre-iPhone, pre-
Pureness days of 2002 when you first saw
Minority Report? Staring silently, mouth agape, jonesing for a chance to partake in a
multi-touch,
transparent display future using nothing but
gestures? Well now that
Iron Man 2 has been released, we've got another chance to look into the high-tech crystal ball, this time envisioned by a team of artists at Perception who did the design, animation, and visual effects work that turned Tony Stark's
transparent LG smartphone (pictured above), touch-screen coffee table, and holographic lab environment into an on-screen reality. The group was compelled by director Jon Favreau and the team at Marvel Studios to keep the UI elements "legible and logical, while still appearing to be several generations beyond the typical user experience." Perception tells us that some of its inspiration was directly attributed to Engadget as it researched near-term technologies for the film's future reality. No doubt, we do see influence from
Emblaze's First Else navigation elements and limited color palette as well as Microsoft's
InkSeine research at the heart of the doomed Courier UI. And if we're not mistaken, Stark's
big ass computing table is almost certainly inspired by Microsoft Surface. Now get past the break and check out Perception's contribution to
Iron Man 2, the
future of Google search alone is not to be missed.
posted May 7th 2010 5:27AM
I think it his hands ,he seems to be so good at the littte hand gestures,the twitches the flicks,the pointing...
Even in real life he has a good body language ..
no one can do it better than Downey jr...
@alexz Actually, the iron man concept computer is now being developed or I say, being touted by Sony. http://j.mp/atractable-super-computer
Yes yes but can it run ubuntu in dualboot, I haven't seen the movie plz no spoilers (Scarlett is probably so hot with her big lips mmm)
@freesets even if it was the iphone indicator which it is obviously not, are you shit stupid, apple wouldnt shoot down a popular movie that just gave them free marketing
good to see technology been used in high manner in the movie and i hope it was begins some short of revival in the industry. after few days of wait i did saw the movie and adventures are making it more closer to the fans.
source
http://blog.80millionmoviesfree.com/in-theaters/watch-iron-man-2-online
Those gadgets were downright sexy. I can't wait for a hologrpahic UI.