This windowless jet project was created specifically for , and was shown at the 2013 NBAA business aviation show. It was also a winner in the 2014 International Yacht & Aviation Awards in the Exterior design category.
“The ethos of the project is simple, to challenge current thinking, and propose something a
little different but not just a fantasy. It has to be credible and relevant, yet provoke
discussion”. Gareth Davies, Design Director at Technicon’s French Studio near Paris.
“I challenged the team to break out of conventional thinking with regards to a business jet
exterior and interior. Whilst defining the concept sketches for the exterior, I asked the rest
of the team to start thinking about interior concepts and what we could do differently.
We quickly settled on the controversial yet interesting idea of removing the windows from
the cabin and using existing or very near future technology to display the exterior
environment on flexible screens, which cover the walls and ceiling of the cabin, via external cameras.
The user experience is greatly enhanced by directly engaging the passengers with the
environment outside, giving an unhindered panoramic view ."
http://www.technicondesign.com/page/viewpage/44
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CrushBugScrew the plane, I want that for my office at work.
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dzonnysays...awesome concept! adding the wings to the projection is not needed, though ;]
00Scud00says...Awesome concept, but I was disappointed that they didn't do the floor as well.
serosmegIt wouldn't look like that. Thats not how perspective works. If you are standing at one of the the plane looking down the hall it would look correct to you, but the person sitting at a window at the other end would just see a skewed image, or vice versa. Unless the "Parallax Barrier" would produce a head tracking image with correct perspective for each individual passenger, this is just a novelty.
This was demo'd by Johnny Lee
http://youtu.be/Jd3-eiid-Uw
in 2007. How has no one gone further with this yet?
Taintsays...I thought they were illustrating just that with the passenger tracking technology.
I think it's a nice design.
I wonder how much cheaper private air travel might be once the pilots are removed. Let Google fly the planes, drive the cars, and pilot the ships at sea.
It wouldn't look like that. Thats not how perspective works. If you are standing at one of the the plane looking down the hall it would look correct to you, but the person sitting at a window at the other end would just see a skewed image, or vice versa. Unless the "Parallax Barrier" would produce a head tracking image with correct perspective for each individual passenger, this is just a novelty.
This was demo'd by Johnny Lee
http://youtu.be/Jd3-eiid-Uw
in 2007. How has no one gone further with this yet?
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