Yesterday, I heard a talk given by the visiting professor from NYU. He talked about the importance of User Interface (UI) research. And he demonstrated his newly developed face-to-face communication system.
During his talk, he pointed out that the person who contribute most to the recent UI research is not a researcher nor a programmer, but surprisingly, is an English writer: J.K.Rolling. It's because her Harry Potter series descries many creative interfaces, like newspaper with person inside picture talks and moves. The imaginary story inspires UI researchers to develop something. He said the programmer and non-programmer could be equally imaginative.
It seems that in US many imaginations come from SF movie like Star wars and Star treck. On the other hand, in Japan, such a imaginations come from comics like Draemon and Gundam. It is very interesting that a product from an artist can influence research.
In all academic fields of study, computer graphics is one of the few fields where engineers and artists can work together. Virtual worlds are subjects of the computer graphics study. Since everything is possible in that imaginary world regardless of physical law, and the only limitation of the world is the artist's imagination. Collaborations with an artist is essential.
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