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Seriously though, this has to be for a new Tony Hawk video game, and Moby probably did some music for it. Not sure what Terrell Owens is doing there.
Something about this just seems mean spirited to me. I guess it is authentic in terms of the kind of ridiculously emotional hype that start ups tend to do these days, but somehow that tone doesn't mix well with the dry viral con. It's sort of a clash of marketing techniques. The inspirational "we finally live in the future" thing works because it gets people really psyched to have a product. The viral marketing scam…
Startups like these are real. They are creating incredibly cool new technology. The oculus rift, the pebble watch, and tons of others. That's whom this is making fun of.
And because crowd funding is a big part of making these new technologies happen, making fun and creating a fake tech is poisoning the well.
Intentionally or not, this is poising the well that gave us the Oculus Rift and others.
And that's why I really hope this advertising campaign backfires bad. I hope what ever this is supposed to be promoting, be it movies, video games or shoes, I hope it bombs bad. And bombs thanks to pissed off consumers.
For those unaware, this has been done once already via TellTale's Back To The Future: The Game (http://www.telltalegames.com/backtothefuture/) which offers interesting story and featured many of the original actors' voices and takes place a few months after the original movies. (If you don't want to buy it, you can also watch a playthrough on YouTube.)
What would be required to make a real hover board? I assume that first off it would need to be a bit larger. And some kind of control mechanism, maybe near the toe area? But as for the actual tech, is it even remotely possible?
I'm sure you've seen this, but I was REALLY hoping the video was some kind of large scale riff on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HHJv8lPERQ And more awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zqmd... It's already 3 years old, so I'm waiting for people to use this technology or an extension of it for something cool.