Editor’s note: This article was first published in March 2014; it is a short news item, reporting the 8 million YouTube views and the launch planned for late 2014 as they stood then. The update at the end reveals that the product was a hoax.
The company HUVr, made up of a team who describe themselves as experts in electricity, magnetism and anti-gravity, claims to have discovered the technology needed to turn the famous hoverboards from the film Back to the Future into reality. A reality that, according to the company, could go on sale by the end of 2014.
In the video they have uploaded, which already has more than 8 million views on YouTube, we can see the hoverboards in action, flying just like they did in the famous film. Of course, many people think it could be a fake intended to go viral, or some kind of advertising stunt that will end up promoting another product, although the company insists the footage is real, that the product exists and that it is ready to go on sale. Here you can see the hoverboards in action.
Watch: the HUVr hoverboard video on YouTube
Which leaves the big question: fact or fiction?
Update, 6 March 2014
The website Omicrono.com has just published a video in which the actor Christopher Lloyd admits that the whole thing was a joke: “Yes, the hoverboard is fake.” So we will have to wait a little longer to ride a hoverboard.
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