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Amazing!: Osaka Monorail in Japan

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism

Mar 13
2017

Tilt way out over Chicago

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism

Mar 13
2017

These tilting windows give you the best view of Chicago.

Check out 360 CHICAGO.

BMW and LEGO collaborated to create the concept hoverbike of our dreams

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism, transportation

Mar 13
2017

LEGO and BMW teamed up to create a model set for one of the automaker’s most popular motorcycles – BMW R 1200 GS Adventure.

Lego Technic engineers used the same 603 pieces from the model to construct a concept hoverbike. Then, their colleagues at BMW, impressed by the design, built a life-sized replica of the futuristic bike.

HoloLamp: HoloLamp is the world’s first glasses-free and hands-free portable augmented reality device that creates optical 3D illusions directly on your environment

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in augmented reality, futurism

Mar 13
2017

We will be launching a crowd funding campaign in the next few weeks to enable us to get our first units into the hands of developers. If you are interested in this campaign or the product in the future please sign up to our email mailing list.

The lamp unit will be delivered with a SDK in Unity and an animated chess game. To run you will need a HDMI output and a USB port.

Sony’s touchscreen projector technology feels like the future of interactivity

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in futurism

Mar 13
2017

This year at SXSW, Sony opened up what it calls the “Wow Factory” in a converted warehouse on Trinity Street in Austin, where members of its Future Lab program have set up some of the coolest and weirdest hardware concepts out there. The Future Lab program is a research and development initiative that urges Sony employees to think more about human interaction and creativity, and not just bigger screens and faster processors.