on the horizon: innovations in air travel
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On the Horizon:Innovations inAir Travel
By Darrell Kindley
Everyone who has everyone flown commercially knows that it can be a stressful experience.
You may get bored, sick, or just uncomfortable. The airline industry knows this, however, so
they're working on a series of innovations to improve air travel. Take a look!
Virtual Reality (VR) on Planes
If you want to enjoy an immersive VRexperience during your flight, you're inluck: Skylights, a California-based air techcompany, has developed VR headsets that
passengers can rent in-flight.
Heating/CoolingSeats
A number of airlinesare working onpersonalized,temperature-
controlled seats,which they expectshould appear onplanes as soon asthree to five years
from now.
Supersonic Flights
Both Virgin Galactic andNASA are developing newprototypes for supersonicjets, which are safer and
address issues with the lastclass of supersoniccommercial aircraft!
For more information, visitDarrellKindley.net!