About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Collaborative software, Minority Report, Memex, Eye tracking, CICS, Head-up display, Collaborative information seeking, Computer supported cooperative work, Haptic technology, Brain implant, Interaction design, Sonic interaction design, Human-robot interaction, Affective Haptics, Head-mounted display, Virtual retinal display, Psion Teklogix, Dialog system, Interactive visualization, Automatic identification and data capture, Mixed reality, Sonification, Wired glove, Omnidirectional treadmill, Pixetell, Office of the future, EyeTap, OpenIllusionist, E-professional, Computer-mediated reality, Reality-virtuality continuum, Mundaneum, Collaborative working system, Collaborative working environment, Heliodisplay, Artificial human companion, I-CubeX, Interactive media, Ambient Devices, Collaborative planning software, GVU Center at Georgia Tech, Sentient computing, Vuzix, Augmented virtuality, Videoplace, W3C MMI, IBM 2260, Modality, Hypercollaboration, Organizational Memory System, Sensorama, Spoken dialog system, Telehaptic, LifeClipper, Z800 3DVisor, Artificial reality, Medical CSCW, Semantic interpretation, L-EXOS. Excerpt: Minority Report is a 2002 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. It is set primarily in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where "PreCrime," a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by three psychics called "precogs." The cast includes Tom Cruise as PreCrime captain John Anderton, Colin Farrell as Department of Justice agent Danny Witwer, Samantha Morton as the senior precog Agatha, and Max von Sydow as Anderton's superior Lamar Burgess. The film is a combination of whodunit, thriller, and science fiction. Spielberg has charact...