Why are futuristic UI often referred to as Minority Report-style?

Timing is everything. When Minority Report came out, it was in the early days of the User Experience design field, a time when decision-makers at companies started paying attention to design. As it was the first movie that featured a gestural interface, us designer types got excited about it… And ;they "name-checked" the movie in multiple presentations and "pitches" to said decision-makers. It became almost a "meme".

The ;Minority Report UI isn't better or worse than any other fictional UI, it's just was the first to be "different" than the more conventional UIs seen on screen. It's brought up so often because of that, because of the aforementioned timing, and because no other fictional UI has made a bigger impression since then.

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