Star state of war : A New Hope hit theaters in 1977 — the same year that Apple proceed from a garage to a genuine post construction and Microsoft lease its first prescribed employee . And the fact that it occur out as consumer computers were truly hitting the mainstream shows .
Dino Ignacio — who , as reader level out , is a legendary gaming UI designer — took it upon himself to watch the classic and cut out every single instance in which a character interacts with an interface , whether soft- or hardware - found . That ’s veracious , every time anyone used “ machines , doorway , screens , levers , knobs and button , ” in Ignacio ’s word , is included in this ridiculous supercut .
Beyond being a fun way of life to relive the movie , it ’s a revealing exercise . This was a instant when GUIs , or graphic user interfaces , were still on the verge of becoming available to consumers . Apple ’s Lisa — the first PC to desegregate a GUI into the operating system — was still two year away . But thanks to companies like Xerox , which pioneered early graphics - ground UIs , the public was intimate with the construct .
Lucas , clearly , was conceive of what could be done with the UIs of the future . chequer out the full video , it ’s well - worth a close watch . [ Vimeo ]
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