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"I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with other intelligences: we could see what role, if any, religion plays in their development."
- Arthur C. Clarke
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| Holodeck | ||
| A computer-simulated environment. |
This is one of the key ideas in the second Star Trek series.
| Holodeck 4 was waiting to be programmed, and Wesley opted for a steaming rain forest with a flaming red sky. |
| Technovelgy from Encounter at Farpoint,
by David Gerrold. Published by Pocket Books in 1987 Additional resources -
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The Star Trek holodeck is a virtual environment that provides infinitely varied participatory, interactive entertainment in a very small space. On Federation starships, stressed crewmembers need to have some sort of outlet for exercise and entertainment. (After all, they face certain death every week - every night in some markets!)
(From Holodeck)
The holodeck combines several key technologies to create an environment in which crewmembers can physically participate and interact in a staged drama in which they are the main characters:
- The walls of the holodeck are covered with millions of omni-directional holo diodes (OHDs) that can project full-color three dimensional images and force fields. The force fields allow people to have a physical experience of running, climbing, pushing or pulling in a very small area; participants "move" from one cell to another in the virtual scene.
(From Holodeck) - The transporter can create and destroy physical props at will, in the same way that it can materialize people and objects at a distance.
See also Saga from The City and the Stars (1965) by Arthur C. Clarke and life chamber from The Chamber of Life (1929) by G. Peyton Wertenbaker.
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