Say goodbye to tiny, foggy, plastic airplane windows and say hello to the windowless planes. In a concept design created by U.K. product and technology research company, Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), an airplane’s windows will be replaced with floor-to-ceiling screens displaying 360-degree views of the sky captured by cameras mounted outside the plane.
In addition to the real-time displays, the screens would also be used for entertainment purposes, showing detailed information about the objects seen outside the plane and playing recorded media. The screens would also double as touch-screen displays for in-flight services.
The CPI believes this new wave of flying could debut in ten years.
Although the new design would seem cool, what about during thunderstorms, or severe weather? Having a bird’s eye view of turbulent weather, complete with heavy rainfall and lightning, greeting passengers could make for an uneasy flight to say the least.
And it would only be a matter of time before the system or cameras fail, causing an “error” message instead of breathtaking cloud visuals.
Upon success of the concept, airlines would undoubtedly sell ad space, interrupting your flight with ads that you just couldn’t escape.
[Images: CPI]