I am pretty sure it's inspired by the pdp-1. There is a picture showing Spacewar. For reference, the original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar!
Maybe it is "retro" but it isn't nostalgic. steering columns on cars from the era would pierce your chest in a very mild 20mph head-on collision, and that's "retro" I guess and again not very nostalgic.
I guess I don't understand the appeal of a perfectly circular display. carry on, this is my problem I guess.