Visions of the Future/Now

[Risewild]

There were some interesting (in hindsight) ideas 100 years ago about the year 2000.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-2000-would-look-like/?utm_term=.1b91682e24aa

That's pretty cool. I like how most are complicated mechanical things but still require human input in the way of buttons and levers.

 

[TerminallyChill]

No, the car is very different from the shoes. The shoes work the same way as in the movie (they have an electric motor that does the laces in for the user). We don't know if the real world product can't be adjusted to be faster for example. But the way it works is the same as in the movie.
Now the cars are very different, hover cars work and achieve flight in a totally different way a airplane car does, also all the air plane cars in real life require a landing and liftoff "strip" (so they land and lift horizontally) while in the futuristic products they just lift or land vertically, they also do not use wings. The way they work is through very different means and very different technology than the real world ones. While in the case of the sneakers, they work through the same hardware and achieve the results the same way, with the difference being that the real world ones are a bit slower (and again, we have no idea if we can't just speed them up).

I 100% get what you're saying here Risewild, but that's not why I used the flying car analogy to begin with. I was just commenting on how self lacing shoes are not something ordinary people wear in 2018 like Marty McFly did in the movie. That's it. You're now trying to convince me that self lacing shoes are technically more common than actual flying cars which is both something I understand and not a distinction I was even attempting to make in the first place. I'll be the first to admit it wasn't a perfect comparison but I hoped it would get the point across. I know we're both intelligent dudes here but holy shit this might be the most nonsensical argument I've ever participated in.

There were some interesting (in hindsight) ideas 100 years ago about the year 2000.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-2000-would-look-like/?utm_term=.1b91682e24aa

Hilarious. I wonder if this influenced Dr. Seuss. The taxis with wings are fucking awesome looking.

 

[DarkCorp]

Less of a question of 'Do they exist?'

Ask, 'Is it economically feasible or efficient?'

 

[Crni Vuk]

It's also quite interesting how our idea and vision of the future has changed over the generations. During the 1950s the general perception (I guess?) was that we would be living today in a marvelous future of technological wonders where people would work less, enjoy live more, and exploring space and having no worries because robots and A.I. would do all the tasks for us.

Man, did that outlook change over time ...

 

[Supreme Shah Ismail]

I love me some retro futurism. My favorite art aesthetics from Prey 2017, alien 1979, aliens, alien isolation, blade runner 1 and blade runner 2049, and space odyssey 2001. If you

 

[Hassknecht]

Alien Isolation really captured that old school vibe from Alien perfectly. Supreme art direction. Prey did it really well, too. Looks fantastic, and everytime I see a tape-reel-drive in a high tech setting I have a little retrorgasm.