Holograms feel kinda pointless

[Emilio]

Seeing all these sci-fi movies where holograms litter the streets and phones where a little hologram pops up and everything.

I just have to ask what even is the point, of all future tech holograms just seem like the most pointless thing to ever actually exist and I can't figure out a legitimate reason for their existence outside of wanting something visually impressive to look at.

I suppose the only actual application I can think of would be art as a kind of modern take on the art deco idea.

[Mr. Smiles]

Holographic camouflage seems rather useful, at least it was in Star Trek on more than one occasion...

[Zekiran]

" outside of wanting something visually impressive to look at"

Have you even looked at human history?

We want pretty things.

That, and holograms don't actually take up physical space. Not that they're energy efficient in the real world, but they serve plenty of purposes.

[76561198356019466]

"I don't believe in hologram, for I am the Frizzle Fry."

[gugnihr]

Yes, it definitely seem pointless, and because of that probably it is actually more realistic than it seem to us as spectators.
Your last sentence is the only wrong part of your post. Advertisement, propaganmda and brainwash would be the most relevant application. Art might be just a part of it.

[Kargor]

Publicado originalmente por Mr. Smiles:

Holographic camouflage seems rather useful, at least it was in Star Trek on more than one occasion...

But that's just Star Trek. In reality, you wouldn't just use the visible light to look for things in space, just like todays systems use radar or infrared.

Other than that, it's just a standard scifi design element. Like these are a few steps through a scifi city that I recently encountered. As long as they aren't trying garbage like the Legend of the Rangers combat control system, I'm fine with it -- one can clearly see that it is meant to be a clean, peaceful, well-run scifi-city.

[Crystal Sharrd]

Just wait until they turn red and shoot lasers at you.