A plane with no windows? Yes, that could be coming in about 10 years (VIDEO)

If a window seat makes you nervous when you're flying, then you might want to avoid a new kind of plane which features no windows at all.

A new concept plane from the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) lines the cabin with curved high-definition screens. Cameras mounted on the aircraft's exterior then pipe in video that make it look like the walls are see-through.

In other words, there are no actual windows in the plane's passenger section; the displays create the illusion that the cabin walls are transparent. Don't expect to be boarding one on your next flight to New York; makers say the designs are still 10 years away from taking off.

Plans show how large, hi-definition, ultra thin and lightweight displays could form the inside of the fuselage, displaying images of outside from cameras mounted on the plane's exterior.

Not only this, the company is forming ideas of how to reduce the plane's weight, which would cut fuel consumption, thereby bringing down air fares.

"Weight is a constant issue on any aircraft. Over 80% of the fully laden weight of a commercial airliner is the aircraft itself and its fuel. For every 1% reduction in weight, the approximate fuel saving is 0.75%. If you save weight, you save fuel. And less fuel means less CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere and lower operational cost... everyone wins," according to the CPI website.

The idea came about after discussions about how printable electronics, in which the centre specialises, could be used. "We had been speaking to people in aerospace and we understood that there was this need to take weight out of aircraft," said Dr Jon Helliwell of the CPI.

According to CPI's blurb, the system could correct the displayed images for parallax, which would:

...increase the sensation of looking out of a window, rather than looking at a projected image. Internal tracking cameras could be used to project the image onto the screen from the point of view of the passenger- moving the image in accordance with the movements of the passenger's head. Images would be relayed from a series of cameras mounted on the fuselage, potentially giving each display an uninterrupted view of the exterior (avoiding the wings and engines).