The coolest part of Samsung's Note 8 event was its stage

Forget about the phone for a second.
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The coolest part of Samsung's Note 8 event was its stage
The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2017 event on August 23, 2017 in New York. Credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images

At Samsung's Unboxed event on Wednesday, the tech giant unveiled its Galaxy Note 8. And sure, the phone seems nice, it probably won't explode-- fine, whatever.

But could we pause phone chat to talk about the stage for a minute?

The stage at Samsung's Note 8 event was easily the coolest part of the show. During presentations from Samsung executives, it doubled as a massive screen on which they projected giant 3D-images of floating smartphones.

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These huge image displays were made possible by three enormous, high-resolution LED screens positioned on the stage floor and surrounding walls.

Overall, a pretty neat way to give a huge audience a (seemingly) closer look at Samsung's latest tech.

Correction, August 24, 1:20 PM ET: An earlier version of this story misidentified the technology behind the stage effects. The post has since been updated.

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Laura Vitto was Mashable's Deputy Culture Editor.

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