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Sci-fi gripe: holograms for personal devices (i.pinimg.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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What do cell phones look like in the year 2144?

Obviously they won't have a screen anymore. They'll be pop-up displays. So if you're sitting on a train and your romantic partner sends you a steamy selfie...guess who has an audience?

Has this annoyed anyone else?

If they're tactical screens, that makes sense. But I still don't think transparent displays on personal devices will be a thing in the future.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Sure, but why?

What is gained by a holo-display in your hand? It looks futuristic? If you wanted the experience of talking to someone face to face, why would they be a 6 in version projected into your hand? Why not face to face?

It's solving a problem that doesn't even need to exist. Hologram stuff is poorly thought out in media.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Physical devices needed to project it,

    Or in a VR/AR type set up… you’d have to designate some kind of environmental positioning.

    More likely though, you’d be holding their disembodied head. Rather than a mini-them. Possibly a torso/bust attached

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