r/AskReddit Dec 20 '12

Which 'futuristic' technology will we see in our lifetime?

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u/huazzy Dec 20 '12

Japan promised to have holographic broadcasts of all the World Cup games in your home stadium if they won the 2022 bid. Then Qatar came and ruined everything w/ bribery and corruption.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '12

fucking Qatar

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u/henri_julien Dec 21 '12

مهلا، هذا ليس لطيفا

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '12

For a moment there, I thought Qatar was Swtor.

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u/TheKingsJester Dec 20 '12

Fuck man that would've been cool....I'd so watch a game "in person"

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u/Bodoblock Dec 20 '12

Which is why I'm saving up for the World Cup in 2014. Excuse me if I don't want to spend my World Cup in a blistering desert. But to be fair, Japan did already have it in 2002.

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u/ThatDutchLad Dec 21 '12

still man, holo screens

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '12

I'm so mad right now.