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"We may still be waiting for the real thing, but one innovative developer has found a way for fans to experience how it might feel to ride Marty McFly&amp;#039;s hoverboard from Back to the Future II. Kieran Lord used the Oculus Rift and a Wii Balance Board to create a virtual reality hoverboard simulator.      The developer, also known as Cratesmith, posted a split-screen video of himself demonstrating his creation, complete with Back to the Future theme music. Lord explained on reddit: &amp;quot;The way I&amp;#039;m imagining the hoverboard physics is slightly different to the BTTF maglev skateboard.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s more a snowboard with a &amp;#039;virtual slope&amp;#039; of the front/back angle of the board.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;If that works and feels good the player could just get up a ton of speed and then stomp their back foot to get the same effect as going over a jump ramp.&amp;quot;  Lord added that he hopes copyright issues won&amp;#039;t affect the project, saying: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m hoping that they don&amp;#039;t just lawyer up. I&amp;#039;m really not opposed to talking to Universal if that&amp;#039;s needed to make this happen.&amp;quot; In February, a Nike designer suggested that the sportswear giant could launch self-lacing shoes, as seen in the Back to the Future movies, in 2015. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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