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For the passenger to enjoy

the landscape from Hyperloop, the view must be modified.

HYPERLOOP WINDOW

At hyperspeed,

landscape features within 20 feet move by so quickly

that we can't see them.  

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Beyond 200 feet, features move slowly enough to be appreciated.

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The landscape between these two distances is painful for the passenger to observe.

A filter in the window

analyzes the landscape

and distills the information 

to what’s essential for the passenger’s appreciation,

and unharmful to the eyes.

The filter eliminates the stroboscopic effect

that makes viewing the landscape

at hyperspeed so unpleasant.

Stroboscopic elimination is achieved by simplifying the details of the landscape’s features and creating colorful masses derived from

the landscape’s dominant hues.

 

The resultant imagery preserves

the essential perceptions of

geography, motion, and time of day.

To indicate the filter's activity,

the window displays a diffraction effect from real to filtered landscape views.

In subsequent phases of Hyperloop’s development where underground bypasses offer no viewable landscapes, the filter links the views from before and after a bypass tunnel by creating a transient artificial landscape that combines elements of both views.

In the final stages of Hyperloop when global routes rarely provide access to natural views, the window/filter offers personalized landscapes featuring abstract imagery controlled by the passenger.

Clémence Plagnard - Industrial Designer in Los Angeles - Product Design and Development, Industrial Design, Artistic Direction, Innovation, Custom Solutions, Research and Experience Creation

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