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gary
18-09-2013, 03:04 PM
In recent years we have seen some examples of optical camouflage technology
where a person or vehicle projects on its faces the scenery that would normally be
seen behind the respective face.

Now a South Korean architectural firm, GDS Korea, hope to do that on a skyscraper scale.

Tower Infinity is to be located near Incheon Airport and images caught by cameras
on one side will be projected on the opposite side in real-time to create the illusion
you are looking through the building.

The decision to build an invisible skyscraper close to the airport might be an
interesting one. :)

Article here -
http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/worlds-first-invisible-skyscraper-going-up-130916.htm

Images here on GDS website under Tower Infinity -
http://www.gdsarchitects.com/flash/index.html

Klingons eat your heart out.

Astro_Bot
18-09-2013, 03:11 PM
You can just see what's going to go wrong here, right? :rolleyes:



(OK, sure, I know there'll be tower lights, markings on charts, not in flight path, etc. and other aircraft avoidance strategies, but still, no need to tempt fate, one would think).

multiweb
18-09-2013, 03:16 PM
The artwork is awesome. Beautiful concept. Looks like a flower pistil.