The photos tell a different story. The new cubicles reduce noise from the corridor but still provide line of sight between employees (ie, no privacy benefits).

OK, this is something else. Tests for an actual 1980s/90s cubicle: when you focus on your work, is anyone else in your field of view? Can you scoot your chair from your computer to a work desk for writing and reading, with say a bookshelf over it? If you stand up, are you in the field of view of a neighbor? Is it reasonably comfy for a coworker to visit you in your cubicle, maybe sitting down for some pair programming or reviewing some papers together?

Man, in the 80s we thought of cubicles as the cheapass option. I never did have an office.