If Hyperloops are built and become part of the public infrastructure, they won’t have actual windows but virtual ones. It’s not as horrifying as Sky Deutschland’s “Talking Windows” concept which can beam advertisements inside the heads of travelers using a bone-conduction technology, but the “augmented” scenery we’ll look at will be a step removed from real. It’s a progression of us being even deeper inside the machine.

From Liz Tracy at Inverse:

Any claustrophobe looks at the tube and asks: “Are there are no windows?! How will be breathe?” Well, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Dirk Ahlborn, addressed the issue of “passenger experience” at his “Crowdsourcing the Hyperloop” presentation during South By Southwest Interactive on Sunday in Austin.

Ahlborn announced that though there won’t be actual windows, virtual ones are planned for the hyperloop.

The CEO called them “interactive panels” with which you can “look out” at “motion capture technology.” This will allow you to see what it actually looks like outside. “Based on your position, we’re actually manipulating the image,” Ahlborn said. He showed a short video which defined them as “augmented windows,” which also seem to show how fast you’re going and at which spot you’re at in the loop.

“It’s psychologically really important and great to have the possibility to look out the window,” Ahlborn noted, but also it’s about a generally enhanced customer experience.•