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One thing though. Tony Stark uses Dell XPS, but Falcon uses a Mac Pro. :P Yeah, take that Iron Man...]]>May 7th 2010 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://j.mp/atractable-super-computer]]>May 10th 2010 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/]]>May 7th 2010 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
iPad, Gadgets?!?

All I see is Scarlett Johansson.]]>May 7th 2010 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/I want one.]]>May 16th 2010 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
Isn't it kind of like where Google may be going with Goggles?]]>May 7th 2010 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
If all those personal details with photos about someone were to come up on search, it is more like the future of facebook search...

oh wait, thats today's facebook search... ]]>May 7th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
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Used Shazam on my iPhone to get that info ;)]]>May 7th 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/


JK! :)]]>May 17th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
now that i've seen what LG can do in films, i'll wait patiently for them to do that in real life now.]]>May 7th 2010 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
Gonna see Iron Man 2 tomorrow, thus skipping the video clips here. No spoiling. Hope finding some surprise (the good kind) in cinema! :)]]>May 7th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
check out this article and make your own http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/maximum_pc_builds_a_multitouch_surface_computer?page=0%2C0

I'm very inclined to try this my self]]>May 7th 2010 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/Have you ever seen a sci-fi movie where the general consumer was using a surface like device?

Apparently you need to be either a mega rich gadget guru like Tony Stark, or the key player at the top of a mega expensive government precrime organization to play with the good toys. Even Tom Cruises' co-workers never use the gesture interface, they just get transparent screens at best.

What they don't show you in Minority Report is that the other 2000 peon employees in the cubicles of the Precrime division use normal keyboard and mouse Dell Worksations; and thanks to recent budget expansions all the CRT monitors have been upgraded to 19" widescreens!!!]]>May 10th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
For an example, anyone who has desktop widgets or the like, set the transparency to about 20% and see how useful they are.

Can we stop trying to take our tech cues from movies? They are usually put together to LOOK great with not much thought into practicality. This move to make our interactions with elements on the screen LESS efficient and more physically taxing (waving your arms around Minority Report style is not conducive to a relaxing hour browsing your favourite tech blogs) has no grounding in actual UI theory. ]]>May 7th 2010 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
I believe it was inspired by a military research project that was aiming to do similar for reconnaisance photo's, you can easily imagine the same sort of interface being used on a photo desk at reuters/newspapers/news websites or being used by a director on a live tv show.

Having interfaces tailored to a specific task is surely in "actual UI theory"]]>May 7th 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
What part of it was more efficient? The artificial speed or the fact that he seemingly can swipe reams of data to one side and randomly stop on the exact photo/file he was looking for all without being able to see where it was due to the speed of the interface?

The reality of searching through lots of complex data is it has more to do with search algorithms that are tailored to that data than the interface you will use to select it once it's found. What is more efficient, searching for a photo via a single query and having a few results returned or having every photo in front of you and having to manually swipe through them? One LOOKS cool but is tedious and arduous and you're liable to swipe past the one you want at that speed. ]]>May 7th 2010 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
In my dreams -- the whole transparency thing is totally cool. In reality -- I totally agree with you. I can imagine specific applications, like HUD, etc... but not what I want on my laptop.]]>May 7th 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/

I bet Tony Stark doesn't text.

Ever.]]>May 7th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
the obvious military applicatons for heads-up-displays and those giant glass transparent war maps you see in aircraft carrier sets aside, it has its applications. the movie takes it too far - well - movies in general cos it looks awesome. in reality we'd get tired of those things for pure computer-centric viewing eg watching movies, browsing web pages... but for other things like taking a picture, google overlaying navigation information as you drive, a shopfront giving you an inventory of everything in the shop even though it's 2am and you just happen to be peering inside from the outside window............... can take concepts such as "window shopping" to a whole other level :)

the future is bright. semi-transparent even lol.]]>May 7th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/Eg. a scenario where you have people on both sides and you want to show something, you often see this in military maps/strategy movies.
Augmented reality. Instead of displaying what the camera is taking in just have the screen being transparent and only display the overlays.
Monitoring screen where you might have windows/widgets overlapping. You're only going to stare at this screen for a second and be able to see everything without having to bring one forward etc. is nice.

What I do wonder is if future technology will have power benefits, eg. taking in light from behind to make the image brighter...if it sounds ridiculous it probably is :p I'm no future screen technology expert.

Btw you don't exactly see wires in a transparent screen, just look at that Asus prototype laptop.
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A map would be pretty useless if I'm showing/viewing a mirror image of what should be there...no? And like this lap top and everyone I've ever seen, eventually you'll plug something in...like a power cord, or a dock, or a mouse or some peripheral...right now my laptop has power,. mouse and LAN cables in it.]]>May 7th 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/]]>May 7th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
Absolutely agree with you on this. For general computing and access, all that transparent layers is a visual nightmore. Looks great but pretty pointless in real life.

Stark's phone however, could potentially be useful. I think Nokia is working towards something similar. It wouldn't be for reading but more of a data device, augmented reality, reality overlays. So reality becomes part of the UX of the device and other users on their devices can leave information and messages in virtual space at the real life location. This is potentially in our near future. Would still be a shitty consumption device though unless the material can change opacity.]]>May 7th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
Thanks for your post, you said it far better than I could have.

Also there's a term for the touch screen fatigue: gorilla arm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesture_recognition#.22Gorilla_arm.22]]>May 7th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/You speak the truth. A good example of your point is the Xperia Pureness. Mighty sexy, not practical at all.]]>May 7th 2010 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
Especially considering that plenty of people stand and move their arms all day long. You know. People who actually do real work?]]>May 17th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
Pit]]>May 7th 2010 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
My Incredible does.]]>May 7th 2010 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/
(For those wondering, yes Iron Man 2 is pretty good. Could have been better, but for still great for what it is. And yes dorks, there is a TON of Avengers hints.)]]>May 7th 2010 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/iron-man-2-the-technology-video/May 7th 2010 11:10AM