Harry Potter's game "Quidditch" could soon become real life. Muggles should be excited, as scientists at the University of Tokyo to create a real life golden snitch as used in Quidditch. A small drone was placed inside a spherical cage to create a ball that can move on its own. It is called the Hoverball. Mashable reports that the HoverBall can stay in the sky after you throw or kick it, and even fly around on its own. Gravity is replaced by the ball's self-awareness, and the team of scientists is currently working on perfecting its ability to react to human movements. Additionally, the golden snitch can be programmed to return to you like a boomerang or to zip past your body at different angles when it approaches.

The University of Tokyo team writes on their website: "To play with balls, certain physical methods, or 'vocabularies,' such as throwing, hitting, spinning, or kicking have been developed by reflecting the fact that balls obey physical dynamics. While this feature forms the foundation of ball-based sports, we consider it might as well limit the possibility of them."

However, it isn't quite time for athletes to hop on their Nimbus 2000s just quite yet. The team is still working on a HoverBall design that is durable enough to withstand the rough tumble of athletic games, according to the New Scientist. Jun Rekimoto, one of the scientists involved in the HoverBall project, was also part of a previous effort to levitate objects using sound waves. Drones have become more and more of an interest lately, with Netflix and Amazon announcing their work with drones, and also as drones played a role in advancing sports photography during the Sochi Winter Olymphics.

The HoverBall was presented Mar. 7 at the 2014 Augmented Human Conference in Japan.

Watch the HoverBall below: