The Best And Worst User Interfaces Of 2016

It was the year that our smartphones became boring, and smartwatches proved to be less a revolution than an alternative to any other watch. But things also got weird this year: VR finally had its moment in the limelight--Oculus Rift and HTC Vive both hit after years of hype--while Pokemon Go and Snapchat normalized augmented reality, seemingly overnight. Here are our favorite--and least favorite--UI projects from the year. Clara In a world where every speaker in your home wants to crack a joke, Clara is a quiet revolution in AI assistants. Rather than living in some product or app, Clara is a virtual person that you simply CC on emails.