Andreyev told me that in his native Kazakhstan there was an excellent response to the idea from local chains, but admitted that the industry is not big enough there to support the capital-intensive nature of the project and he was looking to other countries for initial take-up. Entire homes have officially replaced apartments as the most popular among guests for 2021, providing controlled, private space for pods. I’d posit that the name needs work too it hints at a cinematic prison rather than the escape that going to the movies should provide.įor the paranoid though, or the potentially at-risk viewer, Cinema Cell is a potential way forward. Airbnb says that pod travel is one of the trends redefining travel in 2021, and notes that the shift to more remote and socially-distanced stays is also reflected in some of its most-booked spaces. It also inherently lacks the collective thrill that a packed cinema can bring – the open pods of Oma Cinema conceptually provide a better balance between the private and the collective experience.
'These pandemic pods are the ultimate in parent-driven education innovation,' says Kerry McDonald, author of Unschooled. On the technical side, the absence of projection is a cinematic no-no for purists and has to as far away from the magic of a 70mm presentation as you can get. In other words: Everything is up for re-imagining. However, the question has to be asked if this is really cinema and if this the future we want. For example, The New York Times recently wrote about pod schools, which the author suggests might be the most potent symbol of inequality during the pandemic. And as the weather gets colder, making outdoor gatherings less feasible, experts say assembling a pod can help people ride out the pandemic winter without having to give up in-person interactions. your long-term health than an airborne virus. She explains that it’s beloved of a generation that might well come to be known as Zoomers, in more ways than one, if this thing doesn’t let up. Some might say that being locked in a small room with a snack machine might be more dangerous to.