History Main / EverythingIsAniPodInTheFuture

* Kaminoan interiors syrely look like this trope, but it's subverted: the walls of Kamino's cities are actually covered by beautiful art... that's only visible in UV spectrum (and only Kaminoans have UV vision)l.

* One of the aesthetics in ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' draws inspiration from this trope; due to the nature of Genius, however, a more apt description might be Everything Will Be An [=iPod=] In The Future But That Doesn't Matter Because This Stuff Breaks Down If Sane People Get Within Five Feet.

* Despite ''{{iCarly}}'' being something of a rip-off of the 'iPod Generation' the actual tech they used is completely opposite. The "Pear" Pods are literally shaped like a pear, they aren't white or black and are very colourful and their laptops avert the typical white macbook colour scheme. The Pear "Pad" is a massively exaggerated version of the iPad that's about as a big as most common LCD computer monitors.

** At the end of ''StarTrekIV'', we very briefly see the NCC-1701-A ''Enterprise'''s bridge, which is just the STTMP bridge set [[http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/tvhhd/tvhhd2278.jpg painted completely white with black touchscreens]], anticipating the iPod style in 1986. However, the design of the bridge would be completely changed in ''StarTrekV''.

* [[http://strand-craft.com/122.html Strand Craft]] yachts. [[{{Understatement}} Not exactly white]], but [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney they will make one in white if you have the big bucks]]. And she comes with her own supercar.

** The Ford Taurus followed in 1985, and the makers of {{Robocop}} were so impressed by the design that they purchased a fleet of Tauruses to use as police cars in the film, to match the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near-futuristic setting]].

* The film ''IRobot'' pulled this off in a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture setting. The latest line of robots are mostly plain, slightly transparent white, with visible blue and red lights, and [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids very advanced]] (suspiciously so...). Even some of the other technology has a similar aesthetic; a security monitoring system consists of a thin strip of blue light.

* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' used iPad-like devices back in 1987. The goal was to save on the prop budget by using replaceable painted glass "touch screens" that could be updated to suit the plot, rather than designing a new machine with buttons and dials every time one was needed.

*** And as of June 2011, and the release of the first preview of Windows 8, that dramatic shift is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p92QfWOw88I&feature=player_detailpage confirmed.]]

* Also compare the iPad, essentially an iPod touch with a screen that's twice as big in each direction but which may in fact be thinner.

* The Florida self-serve frozen yogurt chain Mochi's locations are all styled this way. Many of their competitors, such as Yogaberry and Iceberry, have elements of this as well.

* An early example was the Ford Sierra, when it first came out in 1982. It was the first of the Fords to sport the bulbous "aero look" and was so unique at the time, it was dubbed the "Salesman's Spaceship".

* One of the aesthetics in ''GeniusTheTransgression'' draws inspiration from this trope; due to the nature of Genius, however, a more apt description might be Everything Will Be An [=iPod=] In The Future But That Doesn't Matter Because This Stuff Breaks Down If Sane People Get Within Five Feet.

** This now appears to be where they are heading for all of their product lines. The 2010 fall dashboard update for the [[XboxThreeSixty Xbox 360]] has done away with the 3D cascading panels in favor of flat, square panels where only the highlighted one is raised above the others depth-wise, all while replacing the blue popup screens with much more zune-like submenus. The beta for Internet Explorer 9 also appears to show more Metro elements although for the most part still fits in with the current Windows "Aero" look. It is likely a sign however that Windows will be making a more dramtic shift in design soon enough.

* Most design aesthetic today leans toward this. Generally, most people like their technology to be sleek, clean, and minimalist. [[http://www.teslamotors.com/models Tesla's Model S]], an all-electric sedan, is about the closest that you can get to driving an iPod; it even has pulsing [=LEDs=] to indicate charging state and a 17" touchscreen console explicitly based on the iPhone's interface.

* Also compare the iPad, essentially an iPod touch with a screen that's twice as big in each direction but which [[DoubleSubversion may in fact be thinner]].

Of course, like every other "futuristic" visual style used in previous decades, this trope will probably be considered Zeerust after a while.

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