A Day Made of Glass 2: Return of the Glass
Around this time last year, I found a video from Corning entitled “A Day Made of Glass.” Filled with shiny surfaces, transparent dividers and sci-fi technology of the first order (and theorized for “the near future”), the video encapsulated everything that is hopeful, wonderful – and painfully naïve about futurism. However, it was still a fascinating experiment in interfaces, smart information overlays and product design.
Well, they are at it again with “A Day Made of Glass 2.”
Just as stunning as the original, there are many new concepts worth noting. I love the interactive presentation screen/whiteboard/chalkboard in the classroom as well as the gather-round-and-touch surface that the students use to explore the spectrum. However, I’m hoping I’m not the only one that was appalled by the use of a giant glass screen to divide the redwood forest into halves. I get what they were going for, but that was a bit weird. Great for digital dinosaurs, maybe not so great for the deer that will invariable smash into/through it!
Still, a fun “what if” experiment and some pretty to flavor the start of Monday afternoon!