The Human Interface (1990)
Channel: Kristinn R. Thorisson
Date: 2013-04-23

This 8-minute documentary, created in 1990 by Kris Thórisson (video, audio interviews) and Barry Aarons (audio interviews) as part of their Ph.D. studies at the M.I.T. Media Lab, explores the state and the future of the human interface -- a topic of increasing relevance as technologies of all kinds continue to infiltrate our lives, demanding that we know how to interact with them. Includes interviews with Cecil Bloch, Senior Analyst at RLG Stanford U., Brenda Laurel, Managing Director at Telepresence Research, Marvin Minsky, Professor at MIT, Louis Weitzman, Architect at MCC, and Laurie Vertelney, Human Interface Designer at Apple Computer.