UK based Travelodge recently commissioned futurologist Ian Pearson to predict what guests will find in hotel rooms of 2035. The six-month study looked at the impact technology will have on the industry. Here are some of their findings:> The use of computer imagery overlaid on a field of view will enable the entire surface of hotel walls and furniture to be used as interactive displays.
> Guests will communicate with home using a full 3D overlay of a virtual room that looks just like one in their home. Travelers will effectively feel like they are with their families. Even in bed, they will be able to see their partner next to them if they wish.
> Virtual technology will convert a hotel room into a working office, with walls becoming video monitors with webcam capability.
> Cyberspace will play a huge role in the 2035 hotel room, where guests can enjoy a work-out session with a virtual personal trainer along with interactive gaming. Guests will be able to invite digital characters from movies and games to share their room with them.
> Guests will be able to shop from their room, with the walls replicating the interior of a shop. They'll be able to check out stock and commodity prices via displays on a wall or tabletop.
> Mobile phones will be gone by 2035. Tiny pieces of digital jewelry will provide all of a guest's mobile and IT needs.
> Sleepwear featuring electro-responsive fabrics and microphones will measure stress and relaxation levels, pulse, blood pressure and heart rate.
> A flat audio panel will enable guests to choose from a range of ambient sounds, like the sound of the ocean, to help them relax.
> Auto-massage de-stress pillows will help guests drift off to sleep.
> Pillows will contain miniature microphones to enable travelers in bed to chat with their families back home
>Sleep sensors will monitor the electrical activity in the brain and determine the best time to wake the guest so he/she will feel rested and refreshed.
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