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AM+A.SciFi+HCI.eBook.17Aug12 - Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc.

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<strong>Aaron</strong> <strong>Marcus</strong>, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 100<br />

Figures: Scenes from eXistenz, 1999.<br />

Figure: Scene from eXistenz, 1999<br />

The movie shows unusual, intriguing, <strong>and</strong> even startlingly innovative HCI scenes in<br />

which equipment has an organic, biomorphic “form factor.” The HCI equipment has a<br />

combination of “ick” quality <strong>and</strong> gruesome appeal, somewhat like the nature of bloody<br />

highway accidens that cause drive-by traffic to slow down so drivers can gawk <strong>and</strong><br />

experience empathy, sorrow, <strong>and</strong>/or schadenfreude.<br />

(Acknowledgement: TBD.)<br />

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