Cruiseships of the future are going to look very different based on the visions that Singaporean tertiary students conjured up for Royal Caribbean International’s design competition.

Entitled Brainwaves: Reimagining the Future of Cruising, the contest asked the youths to design vessels featuring what they would want onboard if they were to go cruising in a decade or so.

Current cruiseship staples such as entertainment venues, plush bars and stately dining rooms were tossed overboard and replaced by holographic theatres, underwater and rainforest biodiversity surroundings, and plenty of hi-tech virtual and augmented reality facilities.