The budget hotel chain has hired renowned futurologist Ian Pearson to come up with what the typical hotel room might look like in 2030 and the answer is one that uses technology to monitor your energy levels, health, moods and emotions to help you get a better night's kip.
Travelodge said Pearson's six month study showed that a good night's sleep in a hotel room in the future will provide recreation, learning and medical monitoring.
To quote the report: "By 2030 we will be able to manage the contents of our dreams as in the movie Inception. Video, audio, smells and tactile experiences produced using our bed or bed linen will play a key role in helping to make our dreams feel real.
“We will be able to replay our favourite dream from a menu just like choosing a movie. Also, we will be link into dreams with our partner or family and friends and enjoy a shared dream experience."
It goes on: "The dream management system will also act as a coach, offering the opportunity to study or even learn a new language whilst asleep.
“Remote virtual love making will be possible by 2030, allowing individuals to connect with their partner whilst away from home. Couples will also be able to benefit from the ability to link peripheral nervous systems via active skin electronics together for enhanced love making. This will enable both individuals to experience each other’s feelings and emotions.
"Also, by wearing active lenses to change the image delivered to their retinas, individuals will be able to adjust how their partner looks whilst making love. This will enable people to change the image of their partner on a regular basis, and only they will be aware as their lover will not be able to tell what they are looking at.”
Pearson predicts that by 2030 it will be possible to diagnose some medical conditions by monitoring sleep patterns whilst sleepwear will have electro-responsive fabrics that will aid measurement of skin conductivity, indicating stress or relaxation states, pulse, blood pressure and quality of heart signals.
He says active contact lenses delivering 3D images will allow those drifting off to sleep to watch TV or check emails.
Said Pearson: “On average we spend a third of our lives asleep and this will still be the case in 2030. Technology will not change our basic need to slumber but it will certainly enhance the experience, enabling sleep to have much greater value than merely rest and recuperation."
He sees augmented reality (Google it) enabling any surfaces in a hotel room to act as displays which can offer up TV shows, paintings, pictures of loved ones or photos of the guest's bedroom at home.
Meanwhile outdoor noises such as the sound of the sea or a forest can enter the room via a flat panel audio built into the window and this can be heightened by air con or heating which can match those sounds to the appropriate temperature.
What's more, soft surfaces such as fabrics will interact in tactile ways to produce scents, change colours and pick up signals from the skin. Guests will be able to instantly change the colour, pattern and texture of their room furnishings.
Pearson also foresees 360 degree mirrors to allow views from all angles, the ability to see local tourist attractions remotely from your room and the chance to shop without leaving your room via a store's interior being replicated on the walls.
Pearson added: "Hotels in 2030 will offer customers a bespoke room and experience on every visit. Lonely business travellers will be able to turn their hotel room into their bedroom at home and with augmented and virtual reality, they can even share the experience with their partner anywhere in the world. Leisure travellers will be able to bring their favourite sights, sounds and smells into their hotel room for the ultimate stay.”
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