Cobalt Greywalker Wrote:The problem I see is that IIRC in the Wave Convoy stories the trekkies had holodecks in 2011-2012, and The Jason had 'Hardlight' tech in 2015 (used in the 2nd Phobos Annual, combining force fields with standard holo-tech). While we can restrict Hardlight tech to specific items/individuals, by the point this supposedly happens someone will have come up with something like this (for general use) already.
It could have at least one of the pillars of commercial tech (cheaper, with faster and better being the other ones), thus being more widespread.
I look ed up the Holodeck mentioned in Surfing with the Alien 2. It contains the following text:
Quote:There was that smile again, and I was wrong - it's not the same every time, or maybe there's just something different about it 'in person' so to speak. "Thank you, but I didn't mean the model so much as the food. The holodeck isn't advanced enough for it - right now most people still connect with a monitor and keyboard, though there is a physical holo chamber - but someday we'll get touch and taste and smell down as well. When that happens, I want to be ready, with things that taste and smell right, but I don't have any experience what "right" is, even if the chemical compounds and receptors are easy enough to mimic. I hope it's not rude, but I was hoping you could help me with a human experience."
It seems the Trekkies used to call it holodeck, even when they had neither touch, taste and smell running...
I could not find your other reference inside the 2nd Phobos Annual, maybe you can give me a pointer to the quote that mentions Jasons holotech?