Walking on the holodeck

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

This kind of tech may explain how everyone can walk long distances on a small holodeck.

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[B.J.]

Well, the TNG tech manual explicitly states exactly that ("substrate forcefield creates 'treadmill' effect"). Although the HoloTile Floor would be more like a horse-and-buggy cousin to the holodeck's Ferrari.

Also, I remember seeing this when it was showcased a couple years ago. Haven't heard anything on it since.

 

[F. King Daniel]

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It's real! One these treadmills in the middle of those AR rooms would be insane.

 

[korblborp]

holodecks stop making sense when there is more than one person or the simulation is larger than the room. maybe that's why they malfunction so much.

 

[Albertese]

holodecks stop making sense when there is more than one person or the simulation is larger than the room. maybe that's why they malfunction so much.

I have always assumed that the holodeck basically subdivides the space for multiple parties. Say three people are in there, one walks a mile away from the other two who are just a few meters away from each other. Once the walker gets halfway across the holodeck and the software isolates him with a wall of holo-imagery that includes the other two people he's there with. There's still a maximum number of people that can fit in there and manage the effect since each group needs enough volume around them to make the isolated "holo-stage."

--Alex

 

[Nerys Myk]

Is it like walking on sunshine or like walking on the Moon? Would you walk 500 miles?

 

[Ithekro]

On the Holodeck, you can have a real Magical Mystery Tour.

 

[XCV330]

Jamiroquai did it in the 90s

 

[tenmei]

I have always assumed that the holodeck basically subdivides the space for multiple parties. Say three people are in there, one walks a mile away from the other two who are just a few meters away from each other. Once the walker gets halfway across the holodeck and the software isolates him with a wall of holo-imagery that includes the other two people he's there with. There's still a maximum number of people that can fit in there and manage the effect since each group needs enough volume around them to make the isolated "holo-stage."

--Alex

Didn't Shatners "Avenger" pretty much show this, with one of the characters having to blindly feel their way to the limit of the Holodeck.