The Most Futuristic 4D Sneakers

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What a time to be alive Okay, so it's the 4D sneaker

The Futurecraft 4D sneaker This one is the ZX4000 This actually has a back to the future look style vibe to it

So today I've got some futuristic sneakers Some high-tech sneakers Now I've showcased some in the past

I showed you the Nike Hyper Adapt What's the name of those, Will

The self-lacing ones? Adapt BB. It was the basketball version of the Adapt lineup from Nike

They've been working on self-lacing sneakers for a while. And that has kind of been the perception of what the futuristic sneaker would be

Of course, based all the way back to the future, when... What's the guy's name

Marty McFly had the self-lacing sneaker. Nike continues to go in that direction with a battery and a recharge base and so forth

it's all very cool in that department but I'm just not sure how practical it is

as a futuristic sneaker like what are people really looking for what is futuristic about

sneakers I take a look at myself I'm like the sneakers I'm wearing these days

Ultra Boost from Adidas it's like what do I like about them why are they and how are they different

than the older, more traditional stuff. Lighter, more comfortable. So the futuristic-ness, the advancement

the progression there has taken place in material science through the way that they are manufacturing the sole

and through innovation from design and manufacturing and maybe less so from your typical traditional idea

of like, let's just stick a battery in it and some electricity and now we have the future

So anyhow that brings me to this sneaker that in front of me I wanted to check this thing out for a very long time I just never pulled the trigger and purchased it i of course did so now this is a 4d sneaker it called the

zx4000 it's a 3d printed sole on this sneaker with the potential in the future of even doing

full-out custom soles for an individual foot a human being's foot if you look at the footage

of how this thing is manufactured i mean it's like if you've seen a 3d printer before but apparently

this is a bit more rapid considering the fact that they have to deliver a significant number

of these i think when the whole project started it was like 500 on the first run and they're up

to thousands now many thousands of these things they're out in the world in public it's all very

cool and like i said to me in my mind as far as practicality goes this is closer to the future of

sneakers this one is the carbon color there's a couple different colors that is so whoa that is

look at this okay so as you catch a glimpse of this this webbing in here is the special stuff

the shoe less so i mean i'm sure there's all kinds of high-tech materials in the shoe

but this is the difference maker this is why you're spending the money and this is

a completely new take on how cushioning should be done within a sole now of course the silhouette

But the style of the shoe, very similar to something like an Ultra Boost sneaker, but a completely different implementation

And this entire sole along the bottom popping out of a 3D printer in the form of liquid, originally liquid, using some form of light synthesis

It's an amazing process to see. Now, of course, I have questions

How will this sole match up to something like Ultra Boost Air Max or something like that that already out there because it has to be more comfortable It can just look cooler It has to serve a purpose Also durability I have questions about the durability since it is so new age One thing I say it does feel a little bit heavier

maybe than an Ultra Boost shoe. Hang on hold up. Yeah it's a bit heavier straight away but there's

a ton of material there in the midsection. It's like this web of strands. It's hard to believe

it's even standing upright. Unboxing experience is pretty straightforward. Shout out to Gulp by the way. That's where I got these sneakers from. You can see

you have the old-school digital kind of font in there like a calculator might

have ZX4000 underscore 40 and on the bottom side you can see the same design

language following through to the bottom part of the soul. What is that era? It's

kind of like it's like video games from the 90s or something. N64 I don't know

why it's bringing me back to that but this is the most tame by the way of the

different color options I know it seems crazy because you got all this yellow stitching and stuff this is the most tame one anyway let me get it on oh by

the way did you guys didn't even see the shirt yet Jack Raptors game one I mean

I'm not trying to celebrate yet but this the shirt they gave out I'm just

wearing it proudly that's all don't ask me this is a nice game one am I right

jack okay we're doing a little uh little demo here so the construction the shoe itself feels very

similar it uh it very cool it comfortable it not ultra boost level comfort all right So that this guy right here I got a lot of these ones it so ridiculously comfortable and light granted this material here it just sort of looks like it looks like foam I mean it looks like

styrofoam let's be honest it's not to everybody's taste this is not on that level it's still an early version and they didn't try to make a claim that

that's the case this prospect of potentially turning this into a custom

program in which this thing because of through 3d printing and a whole new manufacturing process

that you could have this lined up to your actual foot specifications the shoe itself is kind of

you know it's pretty typical what's sitting on top of it and even with the special sole it's there's

no custom attribute to it this is just this is like everybody would buy the same one it feels

supportive. I would say it feels more supportive than the ultra boost but because of that added

stability it's a little bit less squishy. All I said I feel like this is aiming in the right

direction. When I start to think about the future of sneakers and the fact that you know a lot of

clothing and other items that you put on your body haven't really changed all that much and

then you have those small little outbursts like a self-lacing sneaker but there is room to grow and

improve and these materials can change maybe there's another way to look at it another way to do it

and to me this is the most interesting kind of promising new tech that i've seen in a sneaker

in a long time i'm hopeful but as it stands right now i'm not sure it's going to replace my ultra

boost it's still very cool i don't know if you're into the style or not but you want to wear

something that looks futuristic i'm telling you that's definitely it