Self-lacing shoes you can control from your PHONE! Nike teases Marty McFly style trainers that can be done up from an app
- Nike releases a teaser of self-lacing shoes that can be controlled by an app
- The US firm has posted a video of top basketball players trying on the new shoes
- The clips do not show the shoes, just the wearers’ reactions to the lacing-up
- The shoes are inspired by the film ‘Back to the Future Part II’ with Michael J. Fox
Sportswear giant Nike has teased its first self-lacing basketball trainers, which the company has suggested will be controllable from a smartphone.
The US firm posted a video to Twitter showing a number of high-profile basketball players trying on the shoes and appearing to interact with them via a phone.
The video is accompanied by the message: ‘The game will never be the same.’
The firm previously launched a limited edition pair of self-lacing shoes inspired by those worn by Michael J Fox’s character Marty McFly in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II.
This apparatus was first used in celebration of ‘Back to the Future Day,’ – October 21, 2015, as mentioned in the movie’s sequel – when Michael J. Fox was presented a pair of self-lacing Nike Mag sneakers
However, the trainers themselves are not shown and no details on how they work is disclosed.
The company has confirmed it will announce more details later today.
Nike has previously experimented with the technology, having launched a range of range of automatically lacing shoes in its HyperAdapt range in 2016.
Nike confirmed at the end of 2018 it was planning on releasing more self-lacing trainers.
The latest shoes would be the first from the company that pair with a smartphone to control the laces, though the mechanics of the connection remains unknown.
The video shows Sacramento Kings player De’Aaron Fox using an iPhone and at one point asking ‘so, I can connect this to my phone?’ before appearing to tie one of the shoes via the device.
Nike’s revealed just a few months into 2016 that it would finally be bringing Marty McFly’s iconic sneakers to life, just a year after Back To The Future predicted.
The company unveiled the Nike HyperAdapt 1.0, which automatically tighten when the wearer’s heel hits a sensor.