Experiencing the digital future: FUTURE CANDY at DIGITAL X Focus Edition
In September 2025, FUTURE CANDY and Deutsche Telekom turned Cologne into the pulse of the digital future. With our interactive technologies we let visitors experience at first hand how artificial intelligence and mixed reality are revolutionising the way we communicate and interact.
The Challenge.
The task
we faced.
Making digital innovation tangible and interactive – technology that is understandable, inspiring and of direct value.
The Solution.
Was wir daraus
gemacht haben.
Two FUTURE CANDY technologies as the core experience: Even Realities G1 for communication without borders, and the Holobox for mixed reality dialogue with holograms.
Even Realities G1 – understanding without borders. The smart glasses translate speech directly into your field of view – meetings without misunderstandings, discreet, efficient and usable internationally. At the same time a teleprompter text could be displayed that adapts dynamically to your own speaking pace. The technology made communication intuitive, barrier-free and tangible. Holobox – Telekom meets hologram. In the Holobox, visitors experienced two highlights: Klaus Werner, managing director of Telekom's business customer division, as a lifelike hologram, and Robert T Online, the digital avatar for Telekom's 30th anniversary. Thanks to AI-based motion capture, interactive dialogue was possible – mixed reality at the highest level, tangible and fascinating at once. What stood out at the DIGITAL X Focus Edition: around 5,000 future shapers on site; inspiring keynotes by Scott Galloway, Maja Göpel, Hendrik Wüst, Keren Elazari, Matthias Horx and Kenza Ait Si Abbou; hands-on masterclasses and an Innovation Playground; compelling use cases from partners and start-ups; and a clear demonstration that AI is a driver of efficiency, innovation and competitiveness. Conclusion: with the Even Realities G1 and the Holobox, FUTURE CANDY showed that anyone who wants to understand the digital future has to experience it. What remains? Direct, borderless communication, impressive mixed reality experiences – and real enthusiasm for how technology is already transforming the present.
What stuck
in the end.
Visitors could experience live how AI and mixed reality transform communication – in a way that inspires, astonishes and leaves you wanting more.
Our Products
What we put
to work here.
Products by FUTURE CANDY – put to work on the future topics that mattered in this project.
Products used
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From the first idea
to a finished result.
3 steps, how FUTURE CANDY delivers a project like this.
We clarify what experience should emerge and which technology carries the message most strongly.
Building the experience, from hardware to staging, and integrating it into your context.
The experience goes live: visitors experience future technology directly and with their own hands.
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