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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2020-11-18 05:27 pm

[ SECRET POST #5066 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5066 ⌋

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Re: Inspired by 8

(Anonymous) 2020-11-19 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
Holograms, like in Tony Stark's workshop or R2D2's projection of Leia, and visible lasers like in heist movies where they do acrobatic dance routines around security laser shows in front of bank vaults. Light does not work that way, you need a canvas to project the light on to see an image.
What baffles me isn't really the fact that holograms appear in science fiction, it's that they appear so often. Why did this bullshit become the visual shorthand for technological advancement? It wouldn't even be very useful if it was used like in Tony's workshop! It'd be much harder to see technical details in a blueprint if it's hovering in the air with clutter in the background and light pollution than if it was on a screen or paper.

And in the same way, phones and tablets made of glass, like in Player One or Parks and Rec. They're so impractical. How are you going to read text on that thing without a neutral background? And more importantly: there's no privacy because everyone else can see what's on your screen from the back. Why would this technology catch on for everyday life??