Who needs windows any more?

[bradly1101]

I always wondered that after the dining room scene in Total Recall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26258971

A company building a supersonic jet says it plans to replace cabin windows with thin display screens embedded in the wall.

Cameras recording outside the aircraft will display pictures on the screens.

 

[rudeguy]

I always wondered that after the dining room scene in Total Recall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26258971

because I always wanted to piss my pants while I fly

Screw that!

 

[Vdubchaos]

I like that idea. I always thought that Airplane windows were just too small.....

 

[deadlyapp]

It'd be pretty awesome if they outfitted them with touchscreens that allowed you to change the views and then outfitted the plane with numerous cameras at different angles.

 

[feralkid]

It'd be pretty awesome if they outfitted them with touchscreens that allowed you to change the views and then outfitted the plane with numerous cameras at different angles.

"It plans to surround the aircraft with cameras and display the views on the cabin screens. Passengers will be able to dim the screens or change the images."


So...yeah!

 

[John Connor]

Came here thinking this would be about Linux. Left disappointed.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

There's something on the wing!

 

[jagec]

Brilliant idea. Display technology is good enough and cheap enough that this is feasible now, and it simplifies the engineering of the fuselage itself.

 

[mmntech]

Brilliant idea. Display technology is good enough and cheap enough that this is feasible now, and it simplifies the engineering of the fuselage itself.

Indeed. Windows have always been a weak point on pressurized aircraft. That's the reason why they're so small to begin with.

 

[MixMasterTang]

Hmmm, not sure I'd like that. Like on the 3D rides at theme parks if the visual doesn't match 100% with the movement then it makes me nauseous. But I guess since the airplane mostly goes straight it wouldn't be bad, but during banks/takeoffs/landings I could see it making some people sick if it's not 100% accurate.

 

[jagec]

Hmmm, not sure I'd like that. Like on the 3D rides at theme parks if the visual doesn't match 100% with the movement then it makes me nauseous. But I guess since the airplane mostly goes straight it wouldn't be bad, but during banks/takeoffs/landings I could see it making some people sick if it's not 100% accurate.

Why would a live camera connection not be 100% accurate? We're not talking about simulating a flight over Narnia here.

...although I suppose that we COULD.

 

[IronWing]

Here come the nose to tail bouncing display ads!

Happily watching the fake window when you spy an approaching aircraft. As it gets closer you realize it isn't an aircraft at all but a giant tube of Preparation H flying at you at the speed of advertizing.

 

[IronWing]

Planes are designed totally ass-backward anyway. The luggage should be on top and the people on the bottom with huge downward curved windows so you can watch the scenery go by. Landing would be awesome.

 

[ImpulsE69]

There's something on the wing!

Hah...and...how long until someone hacks the system to stream an engine on fire or a gremlin ripping the wing apart. I think it'd be a hilarious (yet if you didn't know) prank.

Or a static image of the runway....

 

[Maximilian]

 

[TheSlamma]

There's something on the wing!

Do you wanna see something really scary?

 

[John Connor]

Scared the piss out of me when I seen it.

 

[Thebobo]

Planes are designed totally ass-backward anyway. The luggage should be on top and the people on the bottom with huge downward curved windows so you can watch the scenery go by. Landing would be awesome.

Wow good idea. Less leg room for some tho. I love sitting slightly behind the wing so I can watch the ailerons flaps and air brakes work.

 

[Pheran]

This reminds me of Daybreakers where they had to replace car windows with LCD screens so vampires could drive in the daytime.

 

[BurnItDwn]

They will use 720P panels and the screen door effect will be awful. After a year or two, there will be burn in issues, and some will have static. The panels will not be seamless, and, they will differ unit by unit. I'll take an actual Window please.

 

[darkewaffle]

I feel like sitting next to one of those could get pretty warm.

 

[gevorg]

imagine pulling one of these during a flight :twisted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLiIj4HmjD8

 

[IronWing]

I'm studying the chairs. No seatbelts and designed by someone with no arms.

 

[Kaido]

Came here thinking this would be about Linux. Left disappointed.

Yeah, I had a pro-Chromebook post all ready to go in my head

 

[IronWing]

Yeah, I had a pro-Chromebook post all ready to go in my head

Go ahead and post it. I'll pretend to be interested.