Well isn’t this interesting. Today, RIM announced its acquisition of The Astonishing Tribe, the interface gurus played a big part in defining Android’s look in its early stages. The BlackBerrys of the future just got a whole lot prettier.
Some people install monitors in their walls for kitchen-computing but usually stop at Windows or OS X for the OS. Not Dutchman Pascal, though – who created a Windows XP skin inspired by Star Trek‘s LCARS interface.
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Hackers have wasted no time bending Kinect to their will, and this proof of concept video for a Minority Report-esque multitouch UI is probably the most exciting mod yet. Stretch to zoom, here we come!
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If this video of HTC’s Windows Phone 7 interface is real, we’re in for a treat visually, at least. For actual use? Maybe less so.
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The ever-impressive Swedish interface gurus The Astonishing Tribe just posted a new video envisioning what kinds of screens we’ll be using in the year 2014. They stretch fluidly and share seamlessly, and I want to use them right now.
The future of MOTOBLUR is a bit murky based on what Motorola co-CEO Dr Sanjay K. Jha had to say recently, but it sounds like he’s mainly discussing the brand name itself rather than the concept: