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    Where does reality end and begin? Projection mapping is shifting the boundaries

    In Box, the San Francisco-based design boutique Bot & Dolly uses robotics and projection-mapping technology, which allows for complex light displays on irregular surfaces, to create an augmented digital reality. Set to an engrossing, visceral soundtrack, the incredible live performance is a 21st-century exploration of space and movement.

    Director: Bot & Dolly

    Producer: Julia Gottlieb

    30 October 2014
    Digital artwork of a cityscape at night depicting an infinite matrix of windows forming a tunnel towards a dark vanishing point in the centre.

    videoArt

    Is this what a city looks like in its dreams? A 360° dive into Tokyo

    5 minutes

    Photo of an outdoor scene with a large cartoon figure floating in the air. A lamppost and leafless branches are visible in the foreground.

    videoTechnology and the self

    How an augmented reality app transformed London into an immersive art gallery

    6 minutes

    Photo of a dancer in a ballet studio doing a high leg extension overlayed with geometric graphics.

    videoDance and theatre

    A ballerina dances with the geometry of her own movements

    3 minutes

    Blurred night photo of an urban road with bright lights, underpasses, and buildings, conveying a sense of speed and motion.

    videoCities

    A night-time drive through Tokyo transforms into a dizzying sensory experience

    2 minutes

    Illustration of a sleek, modern train at a station with curved overhead structures and a minimalist black and white design.

    videoNeuroscience

    How perception leaves the door open for augmented reality to transform our world

    4 minutes

    A close-up view of industrial machinery with various metallic components and a spring being worked on in the centre.

    videoAutomation and robotics

    Dance dance automation: music from the factory floor

    8 minutes

    Microscopic image showing a close-up view of a butterfly’s proboscis covered with vibrant pink and orange structures.

    videoBiology

    Butterflies become unrecognisable landscapes when viewed under electron microscopes

    4 minutes

    Surreal painting of two figures holding hands in a desert, gazing at large, broken statues against a dramatic sky with a crescent moon.

    videoArt

    Silence your lobster phone and melt into a Dalí-inspired dreamscape

    6 minutes

    A person descending spiral stairs set within an architectural space featuring arches and minimalist design.

    videoHome

    The stunningly beautiful home ‘in which the mental space is what matters’

    5 minutes