INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
When it comes to public areas where you are most free to surrender self-awareness and self-consciousness, lounging on a multi-hour airline
flight is probably prime territory
Coincidentally, it also a venue where virtual reality companies see an opportunity to open people to a world of VR content.
Today, Alaska
Airlines announced that it will be partnering with Skylights to bring the startup latest hardware to a couple of its routes in a pilot (ha)
program.
Skylights launched out of Y Combinator accelerator a couple of years ago with the focus of making VR the go-to entertainment choice
This is the startup first partnership with an airline in the United States , they&ve preciously worked with European airlines including
Emirates and XL Airways.
If you&re sitting in coach, sadly the good virtual life is out of reach as the service is only being rolled out to
first class passengers seated on the Alaska Airlines Seattle-Boston and Boston-San Diego routes.
The new &Allosky& hardware is pretty
compact, it designed for watching 2D and 3D movies mostly though you&ll also be able to watch some 360 content
It pretty slick for mobile VR hardware even if it still pretty conspicuous
While the last-gen looked like a pretty standard Gear VR, the new generation looks like some oversized old people sunglasses.
Just as Bose
headphones became a go-to for isolating people from the noise of airplanes, Skylights is hoping its VR hardware can be the go-to for
isolating passengers from the sights.
