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In The Airplane Of The Future, Every Seat Is A Window Seat

Aug 15, 2014, 20:17 IST

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Depending on how you think about it, the IXION Windowless Jet Concept either has no windows or it has all the windows.

Cameras on the exterior of this as-yet-unbuilt jet would provide jaw-dropping 360-degree views of what you'd be seeing if your airplane was just a transparent glass tube shuttling through the sky.

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The interior "walls" are actually floor-to-ceiling video monitors that that display what the cameras "see." Or, they could display anything else at all - just check out the GIF above, which imagines showing underwater or outer space scenes on the huge monitors in the cabin.

A rendering of the jet's exterior is below. You'll notice it has solar panels to help offset its electricity footprint and it also is a truly windowless vehicle!

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We encourage you to check out the video below, which features a computer-generated walkthrough of what it would be like to actually fly in this beast.

IXION Windowless Jet Concept from Technicon Design - France on Vimeo.

(Via Mashable)

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