This Apartment Can Instantly Take You Anywhere in the World

In a recent promotional event, Airbnb Singapore created an installation which encompassed a blank white room, which then became one of four locations thanks to 360-degree projector mapping technology. Recreating rooms in Tokyo, Paris, Bali in Indonesia, and Penang in Malaysia, the projectors repaint the walls and fixtures of the room, change the outside scenery, as well as redecorating the bedspread and the sofa. Although the effect is far from perfect — getting in the way of the projectors would leave your shadow on the wall, as well as the very two-dimensional nature of the projections — the room was an enticing glimpse at a future of virtual reality in which you can travel anywhere in the world while staying in the same spot.