We've seen reports of airports and airlines testing out Google Glass with employees on the ground, at the gate, and even while in flight to help improve customer service in new and innovative ways, but what about bringing cabin control to the customer via Glass?
Honeywell International, producers of aerospace systems, engineering services and other commercial and consumer products, demonstrated Glass controlling the company's Ovation Select cabin management system for use in private jets at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention this year. Cabin functionality controlled by Glass includes temperature, access to flight information, cabin lighting, music volume, electronic window shades, and more.
This is part of a "rapid-prototyping" effort in exploring functionality using Glass and other wearable technology such as smartwatches. Honeywell has been developing Glass control of their cabin management system since February of this year and released an informational video back in September of a flight attendant using Glass to prepare the cabin for a flight (embedded below).
Customers that already have the Ovation Select system installed can request Beta access to Honeywell's Glass program if interested. No word on if Honeywell would provide Glass to customers, but seeing as how current customers probably own the private jets using Honeywell's Ovation Select system, it's safe to bet they will not have any problem scraping together the $1500 required to buy their own device if the need arises.
| Google Glass In Flight | Productivity | Honeywell |
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