Augmented windows

A method as implemented in an augmented window implemented within a capsule traversing an evacuated tube transportation (ETT) structure, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a tracking camera located with the capsule, a first location of a passenger within the capsule and providing via a three-dimensional rendering, on a display within the capsule, a first perspective to the passenger corresponding to the first location, the passenger located proximate to the display, the tracking camera locating the passenger by tracking at least a head position associated with the passenger, the tracking camera tracks location using any of the following:
• face tracking or eye tracking;
• receiving, from the tracking camera located with the capsule, a second location of the passenger within the capsule and providing via a three-dimensional rendering, on the display, a second perspective corresponding to the second location, the second perspective different than the first perspective;
• wherein the first and second perspectives are derived from pre-recorded video data, the first and second perspectives representing different perspectives of a same scene, and the first and second perspectives are each calculated based on a virtual camera placed in an equivalent 3D pose and frustum to that of the passenger, and the second perspective showing less of the same scene compared to the first perspective in one direction and the second perspective showing more of the same scene compared to the first perspective in another direction,
• wherein, based on the tracking camera, additional perspectives are continuously computed each time the passenger moves to a different location within the capsule,
• wherein, when the passenger is proximate to the display, such additional perspectives are derived from pre-recorded video data in real-time and displayed in the display, and
• wherein video playback in the display is a function of a speed of the capsule.

A system comprising:

• (a) a capsule traversing an evacuated tube transportation (ETT) structure, the capsule having at least one augmented window system;
• (b) the augmented window system comprising:
• (b1) a display;
• (b2) one or more tracking cameras tracking locations of a first passenger and a second passenger seated within a same row in the capsule, the first passenger and the second passenger located proximate to the augmented window and having a view of the augmented window, wherein the one or more tracking cameras locates the first or second passenger by tracking each passenger's head position and orientation, the tracking camera tracks location using any of the following:
• face tracking or eye tracking;
• and
• (b3) a computer:
• receiving a first location of the first passenger proximate to the augmented window;
• providing, via a three-dimensional rendering, on the augmented window, a first perspective to the first passenger corresponding to the first location;
• receiving a second location of the second passenger that is seated in the same row as the first passenger, the second passenger also proximate to the augmented window;
• providing, via another three-dimensional rendering, on the augmented window, a second perspective to the second passenger corresponding to the second location;
• wherein the first and second perspectives are derived from pre-recorded video data, the first and second perspectives representing different perspectives of a same scene, and the first and second perspectives are each calculated based on a virtual camera placed in an equivalent 3D pose and frustum to that of the passenger, and the first and second perspectives rendered on the augmented window in (a), and the second perspective showing less of the same scene compared to the first perspective in one direction and the second perspective showing more of the same scene compared to the first perspective in another direction,
• wherein, based on the tracking camera, additional perspectives are continuously computed each time either the first or second passenger moves to a different location within the capsule,
• wherein, when either the first or second passenger is proximate to the display, such additional perspectives are derived from pre-recorded video data in real-time and displayed in the display, and
• wherein video playback in the display is a function of a speed of the capsule.