The new upcoming airline Virgin America is gonna have real stunning In-Flight Entertainment, even in Economy Class, called “Red”! It’s the most advanced In-Flight Entertainment System out there.
- Every seat has a 9 inch integrated touch screen
- Full QWERTY keyboard/game controller
- A PC intergrated in every seat
- Running on Linux and using Open Source Software
- All “seats” communicate over an ethernet network
- 3 file servers in the belly of the aircraft (Airbus A320)
- “Airborne Decoder Receivers” which convert sattelite signals into multicast streams. That allows Live TV on every seat provided by a Dish Network.
- On-Board cached movies
- The world’s only In Flight Program guide (IPG) for Live TV
- Over 25 on-demand Pay-per-view movies
- On-demand audio provided by a server with 3000 MP3s
- Customized Playlists
- 20 Radio Channels
- Broadband WLAN Access everywhere in the aircraft
- Providing a social network for passengers with E-Mail, SMS, Instant Messaging, Seat-To-Seat Chat & Chat Rooms to chat with other passengers
- Open source video games that even allows to play DOOM against other passengers
- Order food directly from your seat
Now is that cool or is that cool? 😀
Link: https://www.alaskaair.com
*Link updated due to acquisition by Alaska Airlines