Paris Orly Airport © nozomiiqel
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In Paris, travelers are now encountering “virtual boarding agents” who pop up seemingly out of nowhere. From MSNBC:
The pilot project at Paris’ Orly airport began last month, and has so far been met with a mix of amusement and surprise by travelers, who frequently try to touch and speak with the strikingly life-like video images that greet them and direct them to their boarding gate.
The images materialize seemingly out of thin air when a boarding agent ”” a real live human ”” presses a button to signal the start of boarding.
I’ve been waiting so long for this sort of hologram-esque technology from every sci-fi movie ever, and the best use of it is scanning a boarding pass? I have to admit I’m a bit disappointed.