The views afforded by the tiny airplane window?whether it?s cloud cover, city skylines, or mountain ranges?apparently aren?t good enough for design firm Technicon. Their French office has created a concept for a private jet called the Ixion.
The Ixion would replace windows with floor-to-ceiling digital screens that show passengers a high-resolution panoramic live stream of their external environment inside the cabin.According to Dezeen, the Ixion jet has solar-powered cameras on the plane?s wings and fuselage capture sky-high vistas for a dramatic visualization of the fact that you?re hurtling thousands of feet above the earth in a metal tube. If the plane?s current outside environment isn?t exciting enough for passengers, the display can be switched to display any sort of imagery?including that of a traditional plane interior, in case you?re sick of the futuristic and cutting-edge. According to the designers, removing windows makes the plane lighter, cutting fuel use and making it more energy efficient.

We?re thinking; what a cool idea though it could get a bit scary. But imagine flying into Seattle in the winter after a great snow, or New York or Las Vegas at night.

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