Channel 5 has today unveiled official pictures of the brand new look house for Big Brother 2014: Power Trip, which features a dark, futuristic design with screens built in to the walls.

As was previously revealed, technology is at the heart of the new decor, with show presenter Emma Willis comparing it to the 2001 Tom Cruise sci-fi film Minority Report.

Each area features its own monitor – the purposes of which are yet to be confirmed – while the old Diary Room button has been replaced with a touch pad that will scan housemates’ hands to grant them access to the confessional, which remains at the top of the stairs.

There is also more mood lighting than ever before, including a wall of LED lights in the living area that will indicate who in the group faces eviction. It has sixteen panels, hinting that the series will involve sixteen housemates.

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The layout of the house remains almost unchanged, except for the bedroom, which has swapped places with last year’s Safe House/bathroom.

Housemates will be forced to get up close and personal in the new bedroom, as there are only eight narrowly-spaced double beds for them to share. For the first time in three years, there is also a walk-in wardrobe for them to store their belongings in.

The bathroom also affords little privacy, with a glass wall allowing anyone in the garden to peer in – although the shower has frosted panels. The space also features yellow chairs and a large bath tub – while shrubs and plants hang off the walls, giving it an earthy feel.

Elsewhere, the living area is dark and moody thanks to a predominantly black and lime green colour scheme that’s reflected in all three of its sections. The new staircase is slightly less grand, yet more daunting than it’s predecessor, with clear panels serving as a handrail.

Next to it is the kitchen area, which features a breakfast bar and all the mod cons you’d expect – and a very narrow dining table that will no doubt have housemates bumping legs. Meanwhile, the lounge features spacious sofas with very low backs.

Outside is a split-level garden – first seen in aerial pictures last week – that’s coloured in silvery grey, with green grass panels on some of the walls. The main lawn is split in to rounded triangular sections, dotted with furnishings including bright purple sofas and plant pots, and what appears to be a Jeff Koons-style balloon dog.

A round pool – said to be the largest in BBUK history – is situated in the semi-circular cut out next to some loungers, while the new ‘gogglebox’ pod – accessed via a spiral staircase – has windows on every side, as well as a skylight roof.

Geometric heads are a common theme throughout the entire house, serving as ornaments, storage units, tables and planters.

The space-age design is part of the new series’ ‘Power Trip’ theme, which will involve contestants battling against each other to win and hold on to control of various things.

However, producers have already been criticised after it was reported that they’re planning to relax Big Brother’s iconic ‘no contact with the outside world’ rule when they “see fit”.

It’s also claimed that housemates will get access to social networking website Twitter, while Willis has said that the gadgets in the house will allow them to find out viewers’ opinions.

Big Brother 2014 begins this Thursday and Friday on C5 with a two-part launch show.