Will the holodeck in startrek be possible

shadowcomplex

Can you imagine how addictive something like that would be

K.O.Kiki

No thank you, I prefer real buttons.

CiDeRmAn

Seriously, keep these new threads relevant to the A&R forum.
Thread moved the the Trek forum, where it'll be appreciated more.

Cookie_Monster

I think a similar concept is not too far off.

A lot less advanced but dual or triple projector combined with the next generation of the xbox connect system would allow for a type of interactive 3D experience. No solid material created but a step towards it.

nyarlothothep

I was thinking about this recently and arrived at the conclusion that no, its essentially impossible unless you have a godlike mastery over the physical universe. I have a substitute idea but I'm not telling anyone as it might be stolen.

somuj

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Seriously, keep these new threads relevant to the A&R forum.
Thread moved the the Trek forum, where it'll be appreciated more.

Where was this before?? Can't imagine it belonging anywhere else??

smellslikeshoes

somuj wrote: »

Where was this before?? Can't imagine it belonging anywhere else??

Arcade and Retro.

somuj

shadowcomplex wrote: »

Can you imagine how addictive something like that would be

Def would be addictive. Finish work, eat dinner, strip naked and beam me into Quarks

Closet thing I've got to it was a 24 pack and a bag of mushrooms running around my sitting room :P

JBnaglfar

nyarlothothep wrote: »

I was thinking about this recently and arrived at the conclusion that no, its essentially impossible unless you have a godlike mastery over the physical universe. I have a substitute idea but I'm not telling anyone as it might be stolen.

You don't have to say here but hurry up and get it produced, a holodeck or comparable technology would be amazing.

nyarlothothep

JBnaglfar wrote: »

You don't have to say here but hurry up and get it produced, a holodeck or comparable technology would be amazing.

It would basically require the tranmission of an, i dunno, electro magnetic? data stream to different areas of the brain handling the cognition of reality, the encoded data would tell those areas to believe and see this or that world and these or those characters. In order for it to work it would require a complete understanding of the brain, its coding/architecture, and formalizing this into a computer language, it would also require an AI for the transmitter as I'm assuming not everyone's brain coding is the same, essentially such a device would tune into a persons neural coding. It's not going to be done anytime soon. So basically a tv station transmits the data to a transmitter/receiver which then transmits the information to the brain telling it what to see and experience.

Cookie_Monster

nyarlothothep wrote: »

It would basically require the tranmission of an, i dunno, electro magnetic? data stream to different areas of the brain handling the cognition of reality, the encoded data would tell those areas to believe and see this or that world and these or those characters. In order for it to work it would require a complete understanding of the brain, its coding/architecture, and formalizing this into a computer language, it would also require an AI for the transmitter as I'm assuming not everyone's brain coding is the same, essentially such a device would tune into a persons neural coding. It's not going to be done anytime soon. So basically a tv station transmits the data to a transmitter/receiver which then transmits the information to the brain telling it what to see and experience.

Ah like the thing Ransom had on Nova

Owen

This made the news a few years ago, a 3 axis moveable conveyor belt. Immediate thoughts at the time from the gadget sites related to the holodeck :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rtX2pWRh6w

nyarlothothep

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Ah like the thing Ransom had on Nova

Damn, someone thought of it first, is that a tv show or the radio station?

somuj

nyarlothothep wrote: »

It would basically require the tranmission of an, i dunno, electro magnetic? data stream to different areas of the brain handling the cognition of reality, the encoded data would tell those areas to believe and see this or that world and these or those characters. In order for it to work it would require a complete understanding of the brain, its coding/architecture, and formalizing this into a computer language, it would also require an AI for the transmitter as I'm assuming not everyone's brain coding is the same, essentially such a device would tune into a persons neural coding. It's not going to be done anytime soon. So basically a tv station transmits the data to a transmitter/receiver which then transmits the information to the brain telling it what to see and experience.

I think the Riddler had one in Batman...

Cookie_Monster

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Damn, someone thought of it first, is that a tv show or the radio station?

Captain Ransom on USS Equinox, not Nova sorry. It's a Nova class ship...
Voyager episode

nyarlothothep

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Captain Ransom on USS Equinox, not Nova sorry. It's a Nova class ship...
Voyager episode

Well then it definately won't work, any science idea in voyager relied on magic