This used to be our future. A set of human computer interaction vision videos collected in 2008. Some updates and link fixes_
Knowledge Navigator, Apple 1987
Knowledge Navigator, 5' 34"
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All Knowledge Navigator Videos by Apple Computer 1987-88
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Classroom of the Future, GTE 1987
part 1 – part 2 – part 3
Future Shock, Apple 1988
Future Shock, 11' 54"
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Mac Essentials, 29. Juli 2005
Gray Flannel Navigator, Apple 1988
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part 1 – part 2 – part 3
Apple Information Manager, Apple 1989
– lost video –
1992, HP 1989
– lost video – 9' 20"
Mathis, B.
on CHI ’92 tape
à propos: HP 1995 | part 2
Hyperland by Douglas Adams, BBC 1990
Hyperland by Douglas Adams, BBC 1990, 50'
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The end of linear television. – featuring Ted Nelson
Motorola 1990
part 1 – part 2 – part 3
First Born, Pacific Telesis (Pacific Bell) 1991 or 1993
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part 1 – part 2 – part 3
(via paleo-futureblog)
Connections: AT&T’s Vision of the Future, AT&T 1993
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part 1 – part 2 – part 3 – part 4 – part 5 – part 6 – part 7 – part 8 – part 9 (14 mins)
Starfire, Sun 1995
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Bruce Tognazzini, Michael Dearing, Tony Barrecca; created 1992/93
Video Visions of the Future – A Critical Review (at CHI 2004 in Vienna)
1992’s View of 2004: What Didn’t Happen, and What’s Still to Come (at User Experience 2004 in Amsterdam)
Vision of the Future, Philips 1996, 13' 26"
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part 1 | part 2
NEC 1998
– lost videos –
57"
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1' 2"
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45"
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CoolTown, HP 2000
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CoolTown (8" 10')
Cooltown @ School, HP 2000
– lost video – 10' 47"
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Ideas: A Vision of a Designer’s Sketching Tool, Delft U of Technology, 2001
A video prototype (7' 40") by Aldo Hoeben, Pieter Jan Stappers
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Vision 2010 – Old School Friends, NTT DoCoMo 2003
Vision 2010 by
DoCoMo, USA (10' 42")
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DoCoMo - Vision Japon 2010 (14' 10")
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Robin Sloan, Mark Thompson
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– lost Flash site –
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– lost Flash site –
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Ultra Mobile PC – UMPC by intel
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UMPC 1 | UMPC 2
UMPC on Interface Culture
Microsoft’s Vision of 2010, Microsoft 2005
Microsoft's Vision of 2010, 6' 43"
A Day Made of Glass, Corning 2010
Sight 2012
Not a corporate HCI vision video — it’s a speculative design video to stimulate a discussion_
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Sight by Sight Systems
A short futuristic film by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo, a graduation project from Bezaleal academy of arts.
Rolls Royce future shore control centre, 2014
Rolls Royce future shore control centre (6' 22")
No corporate HCI vision videos — they are artistic speculative design video to stimulate a discussion_
HYPER-REALITY (8 min, 2016)
MERGER (4 min, 2017)
Agents (5' 30", 2023)
Metaverse by meta (2021)
The Metaverse and How We'll Build It Together /presentation at Connect 2021
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By Matthias Müller-Prove. Created: 25-Feb-2006; Modified: 1/8/24