This 360 degree interactive projector is the one gadget designed to bring your family together! - Yanko Design

The turn of the 21^stcentury ushered in an era full of technological innovations and advances. These innovations have made our lives easier in multiple ways, simplifying even the most circuitous tasks and impacting almost every aspect of social club. With everybody a unmarried phone call abroad and vital data a unmarried click abroad, we must appreciate the positive implications of such dynamic technology. However, every rose has its thorn. The highly digitalized world has caused the states to lose our personal affect. From children as young as five years to senior citizens, almost every age group is engrossed in their smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc. Looking abroad from the screen has become an impossible task, and spending time as a family? An entirely rare affair. Disillusioned past this world where social interactions have go a myth, product designer Troy Linklater from the design studio Alloy, created 'Orbit'.

Orbit is an interactive projector on steroids! An ultra-short-throw projector, Orbit can project a 360-degree view. Shaped similar a Minion, the matte blackness gadget possesses 1 important feature that sets it apart from other projectors. Orbit connects with your smartphone! Place the smartphone on pinnacle of the projector and spotter every bit it'south magic unfolds! Whatsoever y'all choose to play on the screen of your smartphone is reflected onto the corresponding surface Orbit has been placed upon. Equipped with 4 ultra-short-throw projectors, Orbit projects a 360-degree interactive impact interface onto any surface. Such a visual experience creates a key focus for the unabridged family, assuasive them to come together to watch movies and shows, appoint in fun study sessions or even accept makeshift karaoke sessions to music videos! Orbit promises to connect families together through a fun, interactive and visual feel. Though the projector is withal a concept, we can't wait for the day when we tin use our smartphones to share some fun moments with our loved ones!

Designer: Troy Linklater of Alloy