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8. Holograms
It’s hard to say whether or not Commander Riker would have been ready to sing alongside Tupac Shakur at Coachella, but the concept of the hologram has made huge leaps forward in recent years. At one time the stuff of laughably bad baseball cards, the modern hologram is quickly approaching something that could become similar to Star Trek’s own holodeck design within a few decades. Physically interacting with your new holographic play friends might take some fine-tuning, but we’re a lot closer to building a decent hologram today than anyone expected even ten years ago.
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