TechHaus Volantis: History and Key Facts

The TechHaus Volantis is an American electric-powered hover vehicle commissioned by American singer Lady Gaga as a "flying dress" in support of her 2013 album Artpop. It was designed by the UK-based Studio XO and built by TechHaus, the technology branch of Gaga's creative team.

The device functioned as a scaled-up, remotely piloted drone capable of lifting a single passenger a few feet above the ground, with Gaga debuting it at her ArtRave event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Its unveiling was met with mixed to largely critical reactions from journalists, who described the demonstration as anticlimactic, noisy, and only briefly airborne, while also noting its unintentional humor and conceptual audacity rather than any genuine technological breakthrough.

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