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Jul 22, 2026 2:27 AM
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Becker37
Would love to see people in business attire crawling into and out of those things.
CeruleanSky1988
/a/LaOyOYx the future we got and can't afford
Thorketil
toolzgalore2
We were lied to
cosonfused
still are. it's supposedly ai
toolzgalore2
I mean, even if it is, I could 100% have seen this back in the 70s
UserMCP
Man, imagine playing Fallout on #2 or #3.
Toqom
2 makes sense but 3 the screen is too far away and at the wrong angle
IDontActuallyHaveUsername
You sure she isnt playing already?
chefsoda
It was a much more optimistic time.
SarcasticComment
they dreamed corporate would care about employee comfort
chefsoda
The idea of “corporate” in the modern sense, really didn’t exist. There were large an small companies, but the unyielding machine we have today was in its infancy, and most Americans had no idea where it was headed.
For instance, w hen Nixon tied health insurance to employers in 1973, people rejoiced, thinking it would not be paid for, not realizing this allowed their employer a huge increase in control.
StormBurnX
As someone who's worked with hardware like that I can confirm the blue one is AI generated. The details are fuzzy enough on the others that I can't tell for certain, but if someone is saying "here's a set of things that never existed" and one is AI generated, I think it's safe to say the whole set is, yeah?
parkinglotsushi
Yellow and red are insane, no way. Pink and blue look comfy/cozy, would try
michaelfire
Super-futuristic at the time to have S. Asia, Asian models!
AnonOmis1000
#2 I feel like this would be the most annoying to get in and out of
quietwalker
Is anyone worried that these are all AI generated?
dieselfury
Im so certain they are
Lugh314159
well I wasn't until you said that! These designs look entirely in keeping with some of the more out there designs of the 60s and 70s.
dffksh
Very 60's
hfctom
I miss when we were looking at a Star Trek future instead of a Mad Max one.
ID1746
If it helps, we're on track for that Star Trek future.
Earths history in the 21st century by Star Trek is very bleak: powerful police states, world wars, severe pollution, mass extinction of species; mass poverty & famines etc.
Mankind walked through hell to achieve Star Trek society.
dffksh
We're badly behind schedule with Bell Riots.
DeakVanNyke
green kinda sus !
DanCodyComics
Spacewar!
TyrannusEquus
I want Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Because I can befriend a dinosaur.
ElbowDeepInSaintCelestine
The pink and blue ones are definitely good gaming chairs
ElbowDeepInUserSub
SO you just kind of slither in and out of the pink one and the blue one?
guitarfourtysix
just4thelolz
You could maybe build in some internal hinges for the blue one to open up that gap. The pink one... I don't know.
TheVampireDante
Could do the same, just have it detach from the support in the back and swing open.
celestedrake
at least pink and blue one look more comfortable...others need you to twist to see screens.
CyberWizard252
You are inserted into them as a small child and are never allowed to leave your job again.
Racealistic
So job security? Sweeeet
0570
Yes
Nightcaste
Either one looks like it could have a pivot at the user's right elbow
ironymus
you don't. These are all AI generated images, uploaded yesterday to Twitter/X and it seems they haven't been on the internet anytime before.
ElbowDeepInUserSub
Oh I assumed as much. But still, it begged the question.
Mack1986
Trying to use the yellow one tweaked my back and neck just looking at it
Euclid400
Imagine unmuting just to say "nothing from my end" in one of these
dripstone
wasn't shrooms back then.... Acid....
MikeEss
You'd never be able to clean off all the Doritos dust and splooge.
Poppypoppoppop
Beside yellow one, the other 3 would be killer as seats on a plane
FredFlipflop
Would doze off immediately in one of these
edasm
I would love more big buttons and blinky lights at my workstation...
laternamagicalux
I want to build one of these - but how the heck have they done he upholstery? I mean, I can make the objects and run the electronics, but that looks like fabric, without any edges? It doesn't look flocked, but perhaps I just need better reference pictures.
laternamagicalux
Nevermind. See the seams now. Still don't understand how they did the fitting, but it is less ineffable now.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
It's AI. So none of it is bound by the laws of reality.
redtails2649
Looks like a Dr Who furniture
lonelyrangerofthedreams
It did.
It’s just in black with RGB lights and gaming setup instead of workstation.
manhands
My new fav reply
GroovyCrowley
Because those mushrooms were actually LSD
BreakablePotato
These are visibly bad design and I'm happy they never became reality. The screens are not aligned with the user's eyeline when they're sitting comfortably. Many of them also misalign the keyboards with the users' hands. And next to the keyboards are curved surfaces covered in fabric. No place to put down a mug, or use a mouse, or even just rest a hand.
quietwalker
They're AI generated 60's themed retrofuturism "workstations". It's not meant to be usable, it's meant to get clicks.
sascottsn
The orange/red one doesn’t look too bad, the yellow one either. No idea how TF you’re supposed to get into or out of the blue or purple one.
sunyudai
Blue you just wedge in from the side.
The pinkish purple one seems like you'd have to crawl in from the bottom.
lifeisadadjoke
How do you get in and out of these extras from The Andromeda Strain (great book and movie...WAY ahead of their time)
HandoB4Javert
LariCheltsy
I heart prehumous Crichton.
abrazenfool
That’s the neat part: you don’t.
growlingmeattank
Haven’t you seen The Jetsons? You just push a button and it folds back into a bracelet.
Skullwriter
Ohh I reviewed Andromeda Strain, it was really good indeed!
HandoB4Javert
yamsonyamsonyams
Author was only 26 when it was published!
Great book although sphere is better
And also Jurassic park (seriously) is an excellent book and 100% worth a read
lifeisadadjoke
I've read all of his work. The first JP book is eons better than the movie...which was also pretty damned good.
yamsonyamsonyams
JP is such a good book! I saw it on the bookshelf of a friend of mine and made a joke about reading it. He straightened me out real quick and was like you better. Read that before you’re gonna talk shit about it - now I’m a convert
I read that first and then a few of his other books
lifeisadadjoke
I have a signed limited edition hardcover from before his passing.
yamsonyamsonyams
Imagine how much it would be worth if he signed it after he passed!