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CyberpunkCentra 03-12-22 05:16 PM
Things in movies that are no longer sci-fi
 
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Wolf359 03-12-22 05:19 PM
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Nick Danger 03-12-22 11:54 PM
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Michael Corvin 03-13-22 12:45 PM
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With Amazon, Facebook and Google always listening we're pretty close to this:

Mike86 03-13-22 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Wolf359 (Post 14073372)
Star Trek predicted quite a few things really. Communicators were basically cell phones. The comm badge in later versions of Trek is kind of like a Bluetooth communication device. Touch screens and tablet type devices were used in TNG and beyond. Voice command computers. I’m sure there are more things I’m missing.

milo bloom 03-13-22 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 14073653)
Star Trek predicted quite a few things really. Communicators were basically cell phones. The comm badge in later versions of Trek is kind of like a Bluetooth communication device. Touch screens and tablet type devices were used in TNG and beyond. Voice command computers. I’m sure there are more things I’m missing.
From what I’ve read, it’s not so much that Trek predicted this kind of tech but more that young people grew up watching Trek and became engineers and intentionally used Trek as inspiration for all these things.

d2cheer 03-14-22 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger (Post 14073493)

:shrug: Not sure what I am supposed to be seeing.

Josh-da-man 03-14-22 01:42 PM
Re: Things in movies that are no longer sci-fi
 
Fascist dystopias.

The Cow 03-14-22 01:43 PM
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I think he's showing electronic billboards.

Mike86 03-14-22 02:09 PM
Re: Things in movies that are no longer sci-fi
 
Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 14073856)
From what I’ve read, it’s not so much that Trek predicted this kind of tech but more that young people grew up watching Trek and became engineers and intentionally used Trek as inspiration for all these things.
That makes sense I suppose. Still though the people behind Star Trek had some of the ideas at least for some of our modern technology.

IBJoel 03-14-22 02:45 PM
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devilshalo 03-14-22 02:51 PM
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L Everett Scott 03-15-22 07:57 PM
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I know we're not 100% of the way there yet, but I'd add self-driving cars to the list. Although I have to say the ones in Timecop that were totally enclosed might prove to be a problem for people with claustrophobia.

Also, aren't there stores that track what you buy through facial recognition? I'm pretty sure I've seen that in shows and movies but struggle to name specific ones at the moment.

milo bloom 03-15-22 08:01 PM
Re: Things in movies that are no longer sci-fi
 
Originally Posted by L Everett Scott (Post 14074920)
I know we're not 100% of the way there yet, but I'd add self-driving cars to the list. Although I have to say the ones in Timecop that were totally enclosed might prove to be a problem for people with claustrophobia.

Also, aren't there stores that track what you buy through facial recognition? I'm pretty sure I've seen that in shows and movies but struggle to name specific ones at the moment.
The Tom Cruise version of Minority Report had the stores tracking people by eyes and doing specific ads.


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