"Iron Man 3": You can always count on billionaire genius Tony Stark to have the coolest new user interfaces, and his new Iron Man suit lives up to the challenge, with a helmet UI that's pretty incredible.
But Stark needs to get work done at home too, and that's where his Google Glass-on-steroids headset comes into play, with a more lightweight version of his helmet's user interface.
"Oblivion": In this film, Tom Cruise plays Jack Harper, a drone repairman whose partner, Vika, watches over him while he travels. Vika's computer terminal is called a "Light Table" in the movie.
Vika's main display features a prominent map for guiding Jack, a section for monitoring the fuel and repair status of their various drones, a hydro rig monitor, and finally a section for maintaining communications with their headquarters, the Tet.
A more in-depth look at Vika's drone monitoring screen.
"Star Trek Into Darkness": One of the iconic starship's many displays shows the undocking protocol.
During the film's intro, Spock must descend into an active volcano to activate a device that will stop it from exploding. Onboard the Enterprise, the team can monitor both Spock and the volcano's activity.
"Men In Black III": The oval workstations in MIB3 went through several design revisions, with multiple concepts considered for Agent J's computer.
The final, approved workstation swapped photograph-quality images for 3D character models.
"Prometheus": Ridley Scott's pseudo-prequel to "Alien" has plenty of sci-fi computer use. Here, an unknown alien skull is mapped.
There are small screens too, such as this little media device used to compare DNA samples.
A closer look at what the crew of Prometheus sees on their computer screens.
The movie uses lots of color in its user interfaces, just take a look at these environment scans.
"The Dark Knight Rises": Bruce Wayne's batcave is complete with the latest command center.
Here Wayne can tap into the FBI's criminal database, even analyzing fingerprints.
Wayne uses his computer terminal to first learn about Selina Kyle, otherwise known as Catwoman.
"Skyfall": In the newest James Bond movie, Agent Q brings a host of programmer and hacker gear with him to MI6's headquarters. With multiple displays, Q can keep track of London's surface and underground.
A closer look at Q's displays.
The Avengers: Iron Man isn't the only one using advanced tech, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill uses a triple monitor display to observe the helicarrier.
Here's a closer look at what Agent Maria Hill sees, during downtime (above) and in the midst of a battle (below).
"Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol": Everybody's favorite special agent, Ethan Hunt, gets to ride around in style with a windshield UI.
"Ghost Protocol" also has some futuristic iPhone software that lets Hunt get into places he's not supposed to be.
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes": While most people will talk about this sleeper hit's incredible motion capture, there's still some nifty computer interfaces too. During this scene, Will Rodman gives a presentation showing how a drug can increase chimpanzee's problem solving skills.
A closer look into the computer's presentation shows the three-dimensional modeling, which is used to show how the chimps were able to solve the classic ring puzzle in fewer moves.
"TRON: Legacy" features some of the coolest UI's we've seen. With a very minimalist design, desk surfaces are touch sensitive.
Folder systems are streamlined in the TRON universe, and is that an Apple remote we spy in the lower left?
But nothing compares to the fully interactive holographic displays found within the Grid, which even allow for its users to separate holographic 'pieces'.
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