So what futuristic innovation shown in a Sci-Fi series is most interesting to you?

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  • Ajackson17
    Ajackson17 Members Posts: 22,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
    bambu wrote: »
    Ajackson17 wrote: »
    Time travel in the future is possible, you just need to go at tremondous speed, but no coming back, but to time travel will take at least half the universe mass to be able to do it, so you will actually die in the process LOL

    Maybe a gundam or something, I have to think about that. Now if we are talking fantasy items I have a bunch of things I would love to have.

    This ? @Ajackson17 is one of the dumbest ? in the IC........

    I know you are stalking, but it's "on the IC" not in because we are not in the internet, we are on the internet. There is a difference ? and for the record you have Dro spot and the most idiotic ? on this website. Nice plaque ? !
  • unspoken_respect
    unspoken_respect Members Posts: 9,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The ability to stop crimes before they occur like in Minority Report. Without the corruption of course.

  • whar
    whar Members Posts: 347 ✭✭✭
    RodrigueZz wrote: »
    Teleportation. ? a series, I am just tired of commuting places. I would get so much more ? done in a day if I didn't have to waste valuable time to get to my destination to complete said tasks.

    Teleportation No!

    The Holodeck from star trek
  • Valentinez A. Kaiser
    Valentinez A. Kaiser Members Posts: 9,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    whar wrote: »
    RodrigueZz wrote: »
    Teleportation. ? a series, I am just tired of commuting places. I would get so much more ? done in a day if I didn't have to waste valuable time to get to my destination to complete said tasks.

    Teleportation No!

    The Holodeck from star trek

    Came in to say this.
    Do you know how dope the holodeck would be? I don't think I'll live in "the real world" anymore if one existed.

    I could recreate anywhere I wanted to go and in any historical time frame.
    I could recreate historical figures e.g. feel like getting my boxing spar on? "Computer create floyd mayweather jr" and hone my skills.
    Porn would be obsolescene - I'll just create my own harem of ill pix chicks!

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  • Valentinez A. Kaiser
    Valentinez A. Kaiser Members Posts: 9,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Speaking of holodecks....

    TV not big enough? Microsoft shows off new 'holodeck' system to turn your ENTIRE living room into a screen

    Technology shown off playing computer games with the entire room turned into a screen
    System uses small projectors and sensors to scan the room



    PUBLISHED: 12:32, 15 January 2013 | UPDATED: 12:57, 15 January 2013

    If you've ever wanted to recreate the cinema in your living room, or wondered what Star Trek's holodeck would really be like, Microsoft may have the answer.

    The firm has revealed an astonishing prototypes projector and scanner than can turn an entire living room into a screen.


    The IllumiRoom proof-of-concept system from Microsoft Research has been shown off playing games in a stunning promotional video.

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    Projectors are used to turn the entire living room wall into a giant TV which can be used to play games

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    The system can extend the screen to take up an entire living room, rather like Star Trek's famous holodeck


    Microsoft has refused to reveal details of how the system works until it is presented at a computer graphics conference later this year.

    However, the firm did say: 'It augments the area surrounding a television screen with projected visualizations to enhance the traditional living room entertainment experience.

    'IllumiRoom uses a Kinect for Windows camera and a projector to blur the lines between on-screen content and the environment we live in allowing us to combine our virtual and physical worlds.'

    The Kinect sensor, more usually used to allow users to control computer games, is known to contain several sensors capable of tracking a user's movement in highly accurate detail.

    Microsoft also shows of the system scanning a room to create the perfect 'holodeck'.

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    The create the 'holodeck' the system scans a room so it knows exactly where to project images. The system can also track a player's movements

    'Our system can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new game experiences.

    'Our system uses the appearance and the geometry of the room (captured by Kinect) to adapt the projected visuals in real-time without any need to custom pre-process the graphics.

    The Kinect will also be able to recognise the furniture in your room, either incorporating chairs and tables directly into the game, or masking them by adapting the video output to render the items invisible.

    It conjures up an image where a gamer could literally turn around in their living room to see an enemy sneaking up behind them.


    'What you see in the videos below has been captured live and is not the result of any special effects added in post production.'

    The firm patented the gadget last year, but refused to reveal any details.

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    One of Microsoft's patent drawings for the technology, which was filed last year
  • The Lonious Monk
    The Lonious Monk Members Posts: 26,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The cyberbrain in GitS actually let people DL their mind as avatars into virtual worlds for entertainment purposes similar to the holodeck. Another cool little feature of that Technology.