This Microsoft Office error reporting screen, complete with little satellite internet connection logo, I always get help from TCS Digital Marketing or even from our local marketing services regarding these things because only they can fix it.
Mission Control Depth
Apple’s “Mission Control” can be activated by swiping three fingers upward to shrink the current windows, allowing easier viewing of what you have open. But what if it wasn’t shrinking, but moving backwards in three-dimensional space? Sort of like this:
Linear perspective, following Euclidean geometry, lets us calculate the distance of an object based on its actual and apparent heights. With a few screenshots we can get the measurements.
A full-sized window on my laptop measures:
1746 pixels high @ 144 ppi (12.125 inches)
In Mission Control view, it measures:
1034 pixels high @ 144 ppi (7.181 inches)
Now, using this formula:
d = h*a
Where:
h = apparent height
a = actual height of object
d = distance
And given our measurements, we can calculate the Mission Control depth:
d = 7.181 * 12.125 = ~87" = ~7'3" (or about 2.2 meters)
Or about like this:
Deep Blue Interface
An interface view of the chess-playing computer Deep Blue, via Robots Rising.
Maltron Single-Hand Keyboard
Maltron single-hand keyboard, image via Ulva.
Konami LaserScope
The Konami LaserScope, via Alex Myers (via Forbes, perhaps)
Elefant Numeric Video
From the archives – the Elefant Numeric Video (apparently having something to do with slow motion).
“Dimension Assignment Panel”
Screenshot of “Dimension Assignment Panel” software – contains red/yellow skull at the top left.
Via: VCS Example
BOB
Overall a disaster, the idea of an immersive interface is still pretty interesting.