File compression: more information in the same space
Compact representations helped software travel between personal computers.
PC.GR / ARCHIVE
Author: wqwez
Screensavers: a small performance between tasks
Idle displays became a familiar part of personal-computer culture.
A planetarium on the desk: the PC meets astronomy
Star maps and calculations helped people prepare to explore the sky.
Virtual reality: the ambition to enter the image
Early experiments explored presence long before familiar consumer headsets.
Digital maps: places become explorable information
Searchable locations and data layers changed how the PC presents geography.
Y2K: when two digits made time a computing issue
The century transition exposed assumptions embedded in long-lived software.
Touching the screen: an older idea of direct interaction
Touch interfaces developed long before today’s handheld devices.
From CRT to LCD: the desk gains space
Display technology changed the image and the physical place of the computer.