Remote air traffic control preparing for takeoff at London City airport
https://www.theguardian.com/business...n-city-airport
The sounds of the airport are also played over speakers, to make this virtual world more realistic - potentially noisier, in fact, than some insulated control rooms - after trials showed it helped controllers. “It sounds a bit silly pumping noise into a control room but it’s something they need to do the job,” Anderson added.
What a "genius" must have thought that having a noisier environment is going to make ATC performance better. Why do they think towers have sound-proofing?
"At night, the contours of the runway can be highlighted with graphics. In low light, visibility can be improved. And should cameras detect anything that is not authorised traffic – any four-pixel moving dot that could be anything from a passing helicopter to a drone – the system can automatically zoom in and track it, with a pop-up inset window on the video cityscape."
Yeah, assuming the cameras work of course.. that the video system does not fail.