Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
by danybittel on Sunday July 04, 2021 @07:16AM
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It would have been better to walk around a Visual Effects facility.
Lots of 3D. Face swapping / face filters. Photo / Video retouching. Background Tracking, face tracking, motion capture. 3D scanning (with photos).
It is quite interesting that Weta / ILM were at the forefront of what happens in general computing.
Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
by AlexanderDhoore on Sunday July 04, 2021 @07:06AM
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Your point being that this is completely untrue? Normal people have absolutely not learned how to program/automate using computers. All companies I've seen from the inside either use excel for everything or have dedicated personnel for automation. Excel is a good step but it still requires a lot of manual work.
I think it's true, just meant to be a little less literal. Things like communicating over the internet, taking notes and yes, automation are all useful. However, when they start, the UX is academic and inaccessible to a "normal person". The arg is that it takes ~10 years to construct the correct abstractions so that the normal people can do those useful things.
"If you want to know what ordinary people will be doing with computers in ten years, just walk around the CS department at a good university. Whatever they're doing, you'll be doing. "