Have you seen the amazing video of people walking, gliding, and flying over water with sleek water jet shoes? The videos, sometimes calling them Hydrosteps, are everywhere online and look like a dream come true.
But here’s the simple reality that the viral water jet shoes are fake.
They are not a real product you can buy. They are just a very clever idea brought to life using computer tricks.
Water Jet Shoes Video Reality
The videos you see online were created using powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs. These programs can make video footage that looks incredibly real, even though the product doesn’t exist.
Here’s why the shoes can’t be real right now:
- To push a person up and over the water, you need a huge amount of power – a big pump shooting out a lot of water.
- The videos show a small shoe with a little battery pack. Right now, there is no battery or tiny pump that can fit into a shoe and be powerful enough to lift a person.
- The company that created the idea admitted it’s just a design concept. They made the video to show what might be possible one day, but they haven’t built or tested anything real.
It is a fake video of a fake product.
Real Water Jet Tech
If you want to fly over the water, the technology is real, but it looks very different from the shoes:
The Flyboard – Real water flight devices, like the Flyboard, use a board connected by a long, thick hose to the engine of a jet ski. The jet ski is the giant pump that forces water through the hose and out of nozzles under your feet, making you fly.
You need a big machine and a hose, not a battery and a sneaker!
