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** Samsung has attempted using 2001's tablet-like devices as Prior Art to Apple's iPad in a patent struggle.
* ''[[The Island]]''
* ''[[Star Wars]]''
** Kaminoan interiors surely 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).
** Leia's ship that gets captured at the beginning of A New Hope.
* ''[[Tron]]'', a film that takes place inside of a computer, uses this aesthetic, partly because of the limited CG technology of the time, but mostly because everything is supposed to look sleek and virtual. The video game sequel, ''[[Tron 2.0]]'', modernizes it slightly. The film sequel, ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', is actually an interesting
* The control room for the Arena in ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' [[The Film of the Book|adaptation]] has an Apple-like aesthetic.
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* The entire city of Esthar in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' looks like an iMac: everything has a sleek, rounded design and is built in translucent jewel colors, primarily sky blue, bright pink, and green.
* The Gamecube game ''[[P.N.03|P.N. 03]]'' takes place mostly in a colony that employs the Mac design philosophy.
* The shinier locales in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', like Illium or the Citadel, tend towards smooth white walls and blue [[Holographic Terminal
* Terran ships and stations in the ''[[X (video game)|X]]'' Universe are an example of this in sharp contrast to both other races and Argon (human [[Lost Colony]]) ships which are instead [[ISO Standard Human Spaceship|gray, blocky and have more exposed machinery]].
* The Empire of the Rising Sun in ''[[Command & Conquer]]: Red Alert 3''.
* Aeon technology in ''[[Supreme Commander]]'' is like this, in contrast to the utilitarian UEF look or the Cyberpunk Cybrans.
* ''[[Putt-Putt]] Travels Through Time'' predicted the future would take place on [[Floating Continent
* The Parasites from [[Gratuitous Space Battles]]. Their ships consist entirely of white metal hulls with brightly colored, transparent accents, and sleek weapons.
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