Virgin Hyperloop reveals its futuristic passenger experience

A few months after the first passenger test, Virgin Hyperloop today announced its vision for the Hyperloop experience.

The company released the newly prepared video, which takes the viewer on the hyperloop journey step-by-step, from reaching the gate to boarding the capsule.

DP World, a leading global provider of intelligent and integrated logistics solutions, is among the major investors in Virgin Hyperloop.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World Group and Chairman of the Virgin Hyperloop, said: “The Virgin Hyperloop passenger experience offer is a quick glimpse into the future, after the success achieved three months ago in the passenger transport experience in the Hyperloop capsule for the first time. We have shown the maturity of this amazing technology, and are confidently approaching the commercialization of what will be the first new means of transportation on a massive public scale within a century. "

On this occasion, Sarah Lucian, Director of Passenger Experience at Virgin Hyperloop, who was one of the first people to install the Hyperloop capsule last November, said: “Designing a new transportation system from scratch is a great opportunity and a great responsibility at the same time, because the Hyperloop technology is what it enables us. It is a quantum leap, and it means that the passenger experience must be exceptional and unique. "

Virgin Hyperloop has collaborated with global partners in various sectors;

Among them are Bayarke Engels Group for Gate Designs, TIG Capsule Designs, C3 for Video and Animation, and ManMed Music for Music Distribution and Voice Identity, all of these partnerships have come from the core of the drive to design an all-encompassing passenger experience that surpasses any other form of transport experience. Collective.

"Virgin Hyperloop can accelerate the future of mobility on Earth, as it restores the new mode of travel at supersonic speeds that visualize transportation concepts and perceive location, geographic location, time and distance. Nowadays, Virgin Hyperloops provide Which takes off through our gates is an integrated and intelligent means of transportation for the globalization community to travel over vast distances in a safer, cleaner, more environmentally friendly manner and faster than air carriers.

The Virgin Hyperloop story paints a more optimistic vision of the future, away from any disorganized image of dark colors, stark lighting and screens, replacing it with a mass transport experience that is less harmful to the environment, smoother, safer and more fun.

Tig CEO and President John Barratt said: “We have leveraged decades of experience designing how people and things move in multiple ways, while adopting a number of the best techniques used in the aviation, rail, auto and even hospitality sectors, with the aim of creating a new and better passenger experience. The Virgin Hyperloop is distinguished by the comfortable seating position in the seat providing a greater sense of space, while the elevated corridor adds an unexpected and unique touch. The lighting elements of the capsule, including the information displays, are dynamic, and are adjusted according to the passenger's activity and flight stages. "

In addition to typical traveler “touch points” in a mode of transportation, the Virgin Hyperloop has also researched and incorporated the results of those research from non-traditional interactive means, such as sound.

Joel Beckerman, founder and CEO of ManMed Music, said: “Through intellectual property research and design thinking methodology to create audio solutions and content for Virgin Hyperloop, ManMed Music has been able to address a plethora of potential challenges to this new mode of transmission, starting with how it provokes A sense of privacy and space leads to an enhanced feeling of safety and calm. Man responds to sound faster than any other sense, and therefore, sound really drives multi-sensory experiences. The sound signals of the Virgin Hyperloop identity system act as a guide for travelers throughout their experience, while promoting elements of confidence, safety and clarity - to “feel” Instead of "hearing", as if you are like the soundtrack to a Vic telling you the story. We know that when we get the right result, we don't notice the sound at all: Interfaces are compatible with human uses in new but familiar ways.

One of the cornerstones of the Virgin Hyperloop passenger experience is accessibility, ensuring that this new mode of transportation will expand opportunities for the masses.

And while ticket prices will vary depending on the exact route, a recent study in Ohio found that ticket prices for a hyperloop would be closer to the cost of driving a vehicle, not flying.

Virgin Hyperloop CEO Jay Walder said, “It's simple. If the price is not reasonable, people will not use this new mode of transportation. The use of high-speed transportation on a daily basis is not currently possible for most people, but we want to change that idea. Imagine your ability to move within minutes between cities that are hours apart, and the endless possibilities that will be available to you. "

The Hyperloop system operates on demand and directly to the intended destination, and will be able to carry thousands of passengers every hour, despite the fact that each vehicle carries only about 28 passengers.

This high productivity is achieved through so-called "cuddling", whereby vehicles can travel behind each other in the tube within fractions of a second, and are controlled via an intelligent program developed by Virgin Hyperloop.

After the successful test of passenger transportation, the Virgin Hyperloop is currently paving the way for the regulation and certification of hyperloop systems around the world.

The company aims to have safety certification by 2025, with commercial operations - such as those shown in the video - to begin in 2030.

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