Check out this video. It’s from Virgin America and details “Red”, their In-Flight Entertainment System. The coolest things about it: It’s a three Linux based file servers per aircraft and you can play Doom in the air!
Some more details on the system from their site:
- 9 inch integrated touch screens at every seat
- Full QWERTY keyboard/game controller to interact with all applications
- Live TV provided by Dish Network
- The world’s only In Flight Program guide (IPG) for live television
- Over 25 Hollywood Pay-per-view movies available completely on-demand
- Email/SMS/instant messaging/chat rooms, providing an airborne social network
- An audio experience with over 3,000 mp3 tracks - allowing guests to customize their playlists - as well as 20 radio channels
- Open source video games (and a future invitation for savvy linux game developers to participate in Red)
- All aircraft are equipped with wireless access points and are broadband-ready
- Ability to order food when you want it directly from your seat
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