Paris Airport Testing 'Holographic' Staffers

0 views

Skip to first unread message

Heaven soon

unread,

Aug 23, 2011, 6:14:04 PM8/23/11

to Heavensoon

Paris Airport Testing 'Holographic' Staffers
Being told your plane is about to board could get a lot more pleasant, if other airports around the world follow France's lead. Paris's Orly airport is testing virtual boarding agents using what officials there are calling "2-D holograms." The "2-D holograms" are simple — and not really holographic — but the end result is still rather charming. The life-like virtual staffers are a video projection played against a human-shaped plexiglass cutout. When a plane is ready for passengers, human staff members only have to press a button and the eye-catching virtual boarding agent will appear and run through a pre-recorded message. Paris-Orly has been testing the virtual displays out for about a month now, and, as you can see in the video below, they definitely draw a lot of attention.