Display screens projecting the sky outside could line the cabin of aircraft if windowless planes become reality.
A UK aerospace firm has released images of its windowless plane concept in which display screens show the environment outside the plane as well as films and video conferencing.
Windowless planes could revolutionize air travel as airlines seek to reduce their spending on fuel and new supersonic aircraft are developed.
A French design agency released renderings in August showing its proposed design for a private jet completely devoid of windows in its fuselage.
Technicon Design says that removing windows from aircraft will reduce their weight, thus reducing fuel and maintenance costs and giving designers greater opportunities to enhance and beautify their interiors.
Gareth Davies, the chief designer at Technicon Design, the company behind the concept, said: Certain elements are already possible...such as the flexible displays.
The idea is to push the boundaries.
He added that future technology would hopefully allow people to display whatever images they wanted, the content only being limited by your imagination.
For now, though, the technology remains only in the reach of the super-rich, but with the world first commercial windowless plane already in the pipeline, it may be only a matter of time before the concept is adapted.
And actually, any scene could be displayed on the interior. Let say the view is mostly clouds or ocean. How about displaying a rainforest? A flight through the Grand Canyon? A trip to the Moon?
Solar panels on the exterior would help power the displays.
Removing windows has its advantages, too. It reduces the materials and cost needed as well as reducing the weight of the plane. Not having windows allows for greater flexibility of the interior design of the aircraft, too.
A UK aerospace firm has released images of its windowless plane concept in which display screens show the environment outside the plane as well as films and video conferencing.
Windowless planes could revolutionize air travel as airlines seek to reduce their spending on fuel and new supersonic aircraft are developed.
A French design agency released renderings in August showing its proposed design for a private jet completely devoid of windows in its fuselage.
Technicon Design says that removing windows from aircraft will reduce their weight, thus reducing fuel and maintenance costs and giving designers greater opportunities to enhance and beautify their interiors.
Gareth Davies, the chief designer at Technicon Design, the company behind the concept, said: Certain elements are already possible...such as the flexible displays.
The idea is to push the boundaries.
He added that future technology would hopefully allow people to display whatever images they wanted, the content only being limited by your imagination.
For now, though, the technology remains only in the reach of the super-rich, but with the world first commercial windowless plane already in the pipeline, it may be only a matter of time before the concept is adapted.
And actually, any scene could be displayed on the interior. Let say the view is mostly clouds or ocean. How about displaying a rainforest? A flight through the Grand Canyon? A trip to the Moon?
Solar panels on the exterior would help power the displays.
Removing windows has its advantages, too. It reduces the materials and cost needed as well as reducing the weight of the plane. Not having windows allows for greater flexibility of the interior design of the aircraft, too.
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