3D Display

[Timo]

The lamps-as-projectors thing is a fun (if unintended) tie-in to the gooseneck displays of early TOS. You know, these?

http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x03hd/wherenomanhasgonebeforehd060.jpg
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x00hd/thecagehd0043.jpg

Of course, those were an homage of sorts to the speaking tubes of more primitive ships, and the new positioning in "Where No Man" reinforces that image; the ST:ID-based commercial just takes the homage one step further. Essentially, we're seeing some sort of a primitive technology that is on its way out in TOS already (only Kirk retains his "tube" in the second pilot) but hasn't disappeared yet in the alternate timeline.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[scotpens]

. . . Anyway, here is the commercial...

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[throwback]

The line from "The Visitor" is

I haven't worked a two-dimensional control panel in a long time...

I have a question. Which would be easier on the eyes - working on a three dimensional display in a fully lit, white room or in a less lit, darker room? I would think the latter.