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　　IloveAmericanscience-fictionmovieandsciencefictionTV.

　　Asonecanconcludefromthetermscience-fictionmovie,thesefilmshaveabackgroundofanadvanced,fictionaltechnologythatisnormallysetinthefuture.Mostofthesemovieshaveincommonthattheyexposetheirownvisionofthefuture,withnewtechnologiescommonlybeingthemostnoticeablechangeinthesehypotheticalworlds.Besidesvisionsaboutallkindsofscientificareas,thegivencontextofthisworkconcentratesparticularlyoncomputerinterfaces.

　　Asapartoftheseminar"IntelligentSpaces"approachesofmainstreamsciencefictionmotionpicturesareextractedandanalysedregardingtheirreferencesinreal-lifehumancomputerinteraction(HCI)designs.Similaritiestoongoingresearcheswillbeoutlined-especiallytothose,whicharepresentedbyothertalksofthisseminarthathavealreadytakenplace.Tobeabletodrawcomparisonstorealityitisoftennecessarytoviewtheideasandvisionsofamovieonarelativelyabstractlevel.

　　AtfirstsomekeyfactorsthatdetermineorinfluencethedesignofHCIinmovieswillbediscussed.Startingfromthisviewpointnumerousexamplesfromselectedmovieswillbeobserved.Duetothelimitationofthematerialthatwasathand,wecannotclaimtoprovideacompleteoverviewofallmovies,buttheavailableselectionshouldsufficeandallowarepresentativeinspectionofthemoviescene.

　　Wewillstartwithareviewofmoviesthatdonotshowanyconceptsatallormerelyadaptcommoneverydaytechniquesofthattime.Thesecondandmainpartintroducesvisionaryinteractiondesign,dividedintodifferentareasofinteractiontechnologies,followedbyabriefviewatacoupleofsatiricmoviescenesandtheconclusionsofthisworkintheend.