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25 Images Of What People Thought The Future Would Look Like

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

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Published 3 days ago

Published 3 days ago

The future is now, but it's also 10, 15, and 20 years from now. These days, things are changing so insanely quickly that it's hard to keep up with all the new trends and tech. Technology is advancing faster than ever before, it's pretty amazing and also kind of terrifying. There are pieces of technology out there that people could have never 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 has in store for the world. Honestly, at this point, 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; it's fun to have ideas and hopes. Whether it's a prototype of some futuristic product, a drawing of a future concept or society, or some old gadget that seems really oddly modern, people have interesting ways of thinking about the future, and they always have! There are some classic things people thought would exist, like virtual reality and smartphones, but other ideas were very out there and still have not been achieved.

The Internet has eternalized many images of how people envisioned the future. Here is a collection of 25 of those ideas and illustrations most people will find kind of intriguing.

Plastic house of the future

(Source: Reddit)

Tube travel

(Source: Reddit)

Western analysts' vision of a future fighter aircraft

(Source: Reddit)

1970 concept car

(Source: Reddit)

Stacked houses

(Source: Reddit)

This train

(Source: Reddit)

Lunar workstations

(Source: Reddit)

Dinosaur truck

(Source: Reddit)

Paper age to digital age

(Source: Reddit)

Future cars as seen in 1980

(Source: Reddit)

Epcot concept art

(Source: Reddit)

1955 Ford Beatnik Bubble

(Source: Reddit)

Facetime in the 1930s

(Source: Reddit)

The city imagined in 1908

(Source: Reddit)

This painting

(Source: Reddit)

The Netherlands drawn in 1970

(Source: Redd)

This luxe suite seen in the 1970s

(Source: Reddit)

2020 Olympics…

(Source: Reddit)

McDonald's in Roswell

(Source: Reddit)

Retro computer design from 1955

(Source: Reddit)

The convenient kitchen from the 1970s

(Source: Reddit)

This painting

(Source: Reddit)

Hmmm…

(Source: Reddit)

Pocket computer

(Source: Reddit)

Manhattan envisioned in 1910

(Source: Reddit)

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