An early incarnation of the holodeck first appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series in 1974 and was simply called a 'recreation room. ... But achieving holodeck-like experiences, capable of transporting out of our everyday world and into convincing alternate realities, are still possible.

How would a holodeck work?

The Holodeck is a fictional device from the television franchise Star Trek which uses "holograms" (projected light and electromagnetic energy which create the illusion of solid objects) to create a realistic 3D simulation of a real or imaginary setting, in which participants can freely interact with the environment as ...

Did the original Enterprise have a holodeck?

In the case of the holodeck simulation, however, it seemed as though Discovery's writers had actually broken canon, since Captain Kirk's Enterprise didn't have that technology on The Original Series. ... It was in The Animated Series episode "The Practical Joker" that the concept of a holodeck was first introduced on Trek.