Panasonic Avionics Corporation

Robert Kasody

FaizalSheriff Kalifullah Sheriff

Ali Asrani

Tim Chen

Joseph Kidd

Min-Hsuan Tang

Siew Sin Lim

Saeed Pezeshkfar

Vinod Kapila

Technical solutions are described that provide in-flight virtual experiences for passengers onboard a commercial passenger vehicle. In some examples, the in-flight virtual experiences simulate real-life experiences that relate to the respective travels or journeys of the passengers. For example, the in-flight virtual experiences can simulate, in various extended reality (XR) forms (e.g., virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR)), tourism attractions at journey destinations, vendor goods and services, and the like. The in-flight virtual experiences are provided via virtual experience applications implemented by an in-vehicle system, and multiple passengers can interact and collaborate in a combined session for a virtual experience application. Passengers can use the virtual experience applications to control aspects of the in-flight virtual experiences, and further to pre-configure, pre-arrange, or reserve aspects of corresponding real-life virtual experiences while the passengers are still in transit.

In-flight virtual experiences corresponding to real-life experiences encountered along passenger journeys

A central computing platform provides users with control over multi-party information involving third-party services during different stages of a travel journey, or while users are provided with data connectivity via different networks or systems. The central computing platform provides a digital ledger on which the multi-party information is recorded. Recording of the multi-party information, as well as modification thereof, requires authentication of each party as well as input (e.g., approval) by the computing platform. In some examples, the central computing platform provides users with control over digital records of real-world interactions with other users. The platform generates and publishes digital records of real-world interactions between users that include media data capturing the real-world interactions. In generating the digital records, the platform authenticates the users involved in the real-world interactions and can execute exchanges of the digital records with third-party users using authentication data for each of the interacting users.

Mobile authentication and control of digital records capturing real-world multi-party interactions

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Robert Kasody