How Much are Future Tickets?

This is because, with technological progress increasing at a steady rate, people’s imagination are coming up with new ideas that were hitherto thought of as figments of their imagination. From self-driving cars to extra-planetary missions, the future sometimes seems to be just within reach. This leads to the question: what would it take to acquire a ticket to the future—can this literally be bought? Though, engaging directly in time travel may still remain a dream from movies, getting to know the vision of the future and its inventions may be much more realistic and affordable. The following table provides an overview of how much experience and technology that will future-proof your business today will cost you. 

Ticket to Space

Ever since the beginning of each human exploring the universe, space travel seemed like a thing of the distant future. However, it is now becoming a reality through business entities such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic, though it is expensive. The price tag per head for a Virgin Galactic ticket at the moment is not less than $450,000. Another company is Blue Origin, that offers seats on its New Shepard rocket; the latest auction for such seats sold for more than $28 million. Still, SpaceX has not launched the possibility of reserving a seat for regular people yet, although, a ride to space using the Starship rocket will cost tens of millions of dollars.

Of course, when we’re talking about human spaceflight, ‘affordable’ is a relative term in regards to the massive amounts of resources and dangers that must be faced. Despite the accessibility being out of reach for many individuals, the increasing variety signifies a gradual democratization and commercialization of space travel. As more players enter into these service sectors, it may be possible that prices may drop as the companies seek to expand their market. But for now, touching the edge of the space will cost a person more than a comfortable house.

 Virtual Reality Worlds

Can’t afford to take off to space? Not yet, (but soon). This is a bonus to people who need to get out of their earthly prisons; virtual reality (VR) experiences are much cheaper. By using a VR headset and appropriate software, one can visit the ISS or swim among whales, walk on the Martian surface sitting at home. 

While there are budget VR headsets available for about $100, most high-end headsets fall in the $300-$1,000 range. The Oculus Quest 2 is part of the advanced all-in-one headset line and its price is $399. While you can grab cardboard-based VR viewers for as little as $15 to install your smartphone in,. 

Other than the headset, the costs you are likely to incur are few dollars to $60 or more per VR app and game. These online windows into realism as well as fantasy—this ability to let your mind wander without bounds has never been so tangible or cheap. 

Smart Cars and Autonomy 

Self-driving cars are not commercially available, but other forms of ADAS, or partially-automated driver-assistance systems, are widely present in recent car models. Tesla’s Autopilot feature is arguably in a class of its own when it comes to consumer Level 2 semi-autonomous technology. However, as this stuff remains unattainable for most consumers right now, how much are people willing to spend to try a glimpse of the auto-automated society?

As it has already been mentioned the price depends on the vehicle model, the trim level and the exact options offered. When speaking in general, though, a basic Tesla car can cost around 47 thousand dollars. Smarter models from other car manufacturers with basic driving assistance systems were estimated to cost between $27,000 and $37,000. But there is no system in the current generation, that has the capability to drive a car fully autonomously without human intervention. 

During this decade, as the technology develops, there will be more additional options related to autonomy introduced to vehicles of different classes and price ranges. However, by the 2030s, other analysts in the automotive industry projected that customers would be able to pay about $500 to $1,000 for monthly subscription fees for private AVs. 

Smart Home Hubs

Apush to control all technologies in your house with a single voice command was something that only organizations in the later half of the 20 th century would imagine. Thanks to devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home that act as smart speakers and hubs, the future is here with us. And not for the last, and, incidentally, one of the most affordable ways to try out the world of tomorrow with artificial intelligence and superior technology. 

An Amazon Echo Dot and a Google Nest Mini are both available for less than $50.. With these handy gadgets attached to other internet-capable appliances and electronics in your house, you are able to get current weather, play music, regulate lights, monitor your door camera and much more from the comfort of your voice control. Other compatible smart home products, such as lights, plugs, doors, security, and vacuum cleaners, cost as little as $15, up to a few hundred dollars. 

With this market still being relatively small, you can expect that as the market for smart home systems grows over time, the costs of individual smart home devices will decrease in like manner. But for the price of 50 bucks, you can start shouting orders to your domain (to a certain extent) right now. 

A Linguistic-Authorized Document to the Future 

Alright, so in real lif e, one can not go back physically to a particular era in the future and purchase admission. But as visions of what is to come enthrall our minds today, familiarisations such as space travel, VR envelopment, self-driving cars & intelligent home control are the keys holding hands towards the technology of tomorrow. Yet, while space travel and driverless cars are still a distant fantasy for many and a luxury for the select few—an unfulfilled wishful dream—other transportive experiences, while not free, will not cost an arm and a leg. 

In every field, the rise and availability of formerly impossible dream technologies indicates optimism for the actual future happening everyday right in front of us. But what is most interesting is that the competition forces then trigger new inventions and reduce the overall cost over time, which means that the leading edge more often than not could come within the reach on the masses than we think. Sometimes, we can only predict on the basis of the existing, major breakthroughs may be a thing that will break us, so in many ways, the future is now. Some of the impossible dreams and wild ideas are already knocking on our doors as we wake up each day and find that they are realities one day closer to us.