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I suspect that something like that and feeds from Hi-res webcams may eventually replace (*some*) windows in high crime areas and dense housing areas. (Some windows are required for safety and ventilation.)
I suspect that something like that and feeds from Hi-res webcams may eventually replace (*some*) windows in high crime areas and dense housing areas. (Some windows are required for safety and ventilation.)
Use of monitors for urban safety don't necessarily place a huge premium on having 4 pound screen instead of a 35 pound screen.
But there is an application where weight is critical, and even a $50,000 monitor could pay for itself in cost savings. Windows are very costly in business jets in increased weight because of difficulties in structural integrity. Current monitors don't remove the sense of claustrophobia for passengers. Besides weight, everything in a jet must be removable in keeping with FAA regulations.
In particular designs for supersonic business jets almost certainly cannot have windows in the passenger cabins.
With lightweight transparent/rollable OLED designs, window "applications" may be quite interesting!
There is ways of bringing natural light into a room with fiber optics, and good ventilation can reproduce some of the sensation of opening a window (smell of fresh air, etc.). The OLED windows with cameras can simulate the view of a real window, but eventually most people would consider that just one of several choices of channels.
Although I think that air transport would be the most obvious use, so might high speed trains. Opaque tunnels similar to old style office pneumatic tubes are one way to achieve jet speeds on the ground. But without a window or views, it will be just as important to create a wide view by large curved screens on the sides and ceiling of these pneumatic trains.
Disney uses electronic portholes for inside cabins of their cruise ships.
Of course, ultralight panels will allow more uses on ceilings, to introduce the night sky into an indoor space. Weight would be a big factor in such a display.
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