Video shows what Uber's flying taxis will look like

Uber is about to take off. 

The ride-sharing company made a number of announcements at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, including an agreement with NASA to lay down the groundwork for a self-driving aerial vehicle taxi service. Uber also shared a video that shows how the experience might look from the perspective of a user. 

Uber first laid out its plans for an autonomous, flying taxi service, called Uber Elevate, in Oct. 2016, but now the company's product head Jeff Holden shared some additional details about the service, which will be called uberAIR.  Read more...