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by Paul-Craft 925 days ago
Minority Report came out in 2002, and I can tell you, actually using a computer interface like that for an extended period of time would be pretty exhausting.
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What it got right was swiping and pinch/zoom though; five years before the iPhone was released.

Those gestures were completely unknown in commercial UIs of the time; in fact you were lucky to find a touchscreen that didn't take three forceful stabs of your finger before it registered.

OTOH,No need to fight desktop sedentary fx, the OS exercises you.