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Lenovo Tech World: smart watches and, er, smart shoes?

Chinese vendor shows some fantastically bizarre innovations.

By Staff Writers on Jun 2 2015, 11:30AM

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Lenovo has just announced some of its most innovative – and somewhat weird – gadgets at Tech World in Beijing.

The company's first ever worldwide technology event saw the unveiling of such products as a dual-screened smartwatch, a laser-projecting smartphone and intelligent shoes.

Magic View

Smartwatches pack a vast amount of technology into a device small enough to fit on your wrist, but their wearable nature limits the size of the screen. Lenovo's Magic View concept gets round this by adding a second, high-resolution virtual lens.

This allows wearers to view images and video up to 20 times larger than the size of the watch face, simply by peering through the second lens. Lenovo says the possibilities are endless, with maps, video and 360 views all potential uses of the virtual screen. Innovative or pointless? You decide.

Lenovo Smart Cast

In an attempt to make smartphones more PC-like, Lenovo has also unveiled the world's first handset with a built-in laser projector. Designed to beam a pin-sharp keyboard to any flat surface, the Lenovo Smart Cast provides users with access to a full-sized keyboard and all the productivity benefits this brings.

The laser projector measures a compact 34 x 26 x 5mm and doesn't need to be focused. The company has also added a kickstand to the rear of the device to keep it stable during use.

Using a range of infrared motion detectors and high-performance algorithms, the keyboard can be transformed into a virtual touchscreen for use with applications such as PowerPoint. When you've finished working, the Smart Cast can also project content onto walls, while allowing for separate use of the smartphone's screen.

Lenovo Smart Shoes

Lenovo also demonstrated its new Smart Shoes concept. Combining the internet of things and wearables, the Smart Shoes demonstrated the possibilities of using a combination of existing services such as the cloud, wearable sensors and additional software in a new way.

Lenovo's Smart Shoes can display your mood on their screen, while using sensors to collect more useful heartbeat and calorie-consumption data. What's more, Lenovo also says that in the future Smart Shoes will be able to provide directions.

Cortana REACHi

Microsoft recently announced its personal assistant will be rolled out to iOS and Android, but the Cortana bundled with Lenovo PCs will be even more powerful. Thanks to Lenovo's REACHit system, Cortana on the firm's desktop PCs will have access to an even greater range of information including access to OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox.

In addition, Lenovo's supercharged Cortana service will have access to location services and file-creation dates, so it will be able to answer questions such as “Where are those files I sent to Tim yesterday?”

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