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25 Images Depicting What The Future Was Supposed To Look Like

Two images from /r/retrofuturism
Two images from /r/retrofuturism

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Published 7 days ago

Published 7 days ago

The future is now, but it's also 10 years from now. These days, things are changing so insanely quickly that it's hard to keep up. Technology is advancing faster than ever before, it's pretty amazing and kind of terrifying. There are pieces of technology out there that couldn't have even been thought of 50 years ago. While this is cool to think about, it also makes it a whole lot harder to predict what the future holds. Honestly, it seems like just about anything is possible…

Back in the day, people had some wacky ideas about what the future would look like. People have always liked predicting the future. Whether it's a prototype of some futuristic product, a drawing of a future concept or way of life, or some old gadget that seems really modern, people have interesting ways of thinking about the future. There are some classic things people thought would exist, like virtual reality and smartphones, but other ideas were very out there.

The Internet has eternalized many images of what people thought the world would look like now. Here is a collection of 25 of those ideas and illustrations most people will find intriguing.

The elements of science fiction

(Source: Reddit)

Lunar workstation

(Source: Reddit)

Dinosaur truck

(Source: Reddit)

This retro coffee maker

(Source: Reddit)

Interstellar spaceship

(Source: Reddit)

Santa of the future

(Source: Reddit)

The year 2000 as thought of in the 50s

(Source: Reddit)

Before phones

(Source: Reddit)

"Fashion 2001" as seen in 1981

(Source: Reddit)

Concept art from the 50s

(Source: Reddit)

Computer café, drawn in in 1978

(Source: Reddit)

Radium highways

(Source: Reddit)

How we should be living by now

(Source: Reddit)

Mazda MX-81 concept car from 1981

(Source: Reddit)

Briefcase computer concept

(Source: Reddit)

Orbiting space station with regenerative farming

(Source: Reddit)

Sony Glasstron

(Source: Reddit)

This 1950s TV

(Source: Reddit)

The TV watch

(Source: Reddit)

Futurism from the 1970s

(Source: Reddit)

Ferrari 512S, from 1970

(Source: Reddit)

James Bond's watch

(Source: Reddit)

Interplanetary tourism ads

(Source: Reddit)

1981 vision of suburbia

(Source: Reddit)

Facetime in the 1930s

(Source: Reddit)

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