From the very beginning, Star Trek featured technical visions that were pure science fiction at the time of production. Much of what was shown in Star Trek: The Original Series from 1966 to 1969 or in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1994 has already become reality: For example, we use tablets with touch screens, talk to computers, and “universal translators” get better every year.
For the series Star Trek: Discovery (since 2017) and Star Trek: Picard (since 2020), the authors consequently had to come up with new “gimmicks” to continue to excite the tech-savvy audience and, most importantly, to continue to inspire viewers. Hubert Zitt will present these new technical visions in his lecture and critically question whether they could become reality in the near future.