The blog Huds and Guis has put together three great video montages of UI design from the 2001 film Final Fantasy. The film may not be all that great, but these UI sequences are a lot of fun to watch. Definitely UI candy! It’s an interesting collection of holographic displays, globes and spheres, small detailed text, and projections. Like many film UIs, the designs are pretty abstract — they’re gestures to help advance the story….
 
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I have to admit, I’m always a bit skeptical about 3D. But then, whenever I see something in 3D I get a bit caught by the sense of wonder the technique can inspire — the way it draws you into the image and makes you forget the world around you. So the below examples of 3D on the iPhone may not be perfect, or, even interactive, but they’re still cool because they suggest fun future…
 
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Cool UI in credit card commercials? These two 2009 commercials from Chase for their Blueprint Visa cards demonstrate not only some advanced interaction models, but upcoming technology ideas, too. The “Couch” ad features a magic paper bill, with qualities similar to Caprica Paper. The bill lets a customer touch an item to get more details about a purchase, along with being able to manage payment schedules. It’s interesting to see the purchased product revealed in…
 
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It’s safe to bet that interface design in movies will be a recurring theme here. They give us a glimpse of the future, but from a design perspective of when the film was made. They take current ideas of where technology is heading, and project it forward to a point beyond what is currently possible. They’re full of imagination and fantasy — but still trying to make sense in that future context, and seem, hopefully,…
 
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