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VR movies in economy maybe. To tune out the awful experience of sitting in a 17" wide seat with not nearly enough leg room. Nobody is paying business or first

VR movies in economy maybe. To tune out the awful experience of sitting in a 17" wide seat with not nearly enough leg room. Nobody is paying business or first class prices and wearing a VR headset. Certainly not devoting carry on baggage space for it.

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Nobody is paying business or first class prices and wearing a VR headset. Certainly not devoting carry on baggage space for it. Why not? The screens aren’t that great. And I may want to watch my own content.
- misterprime 3y ago
  It's actually pleasant to interact with the flight attendants. They have nice things to share, like snacks, drinks, and food.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > actually pleasant to interact with the flight attendants. They have nice things to share, like snacks, drinks, and food I'm generally a book and chat flier. But most people aren't. And I'm not all the time. My limited rebuttal is to the claim that for some reason front cabin passengers won't want an escape. Hell, I could see e.g. Delta having a VR stream that makes it look like you're super-manning when laying flat.
  - renewiltord 3y ago
    Every time I fly First, the best part of it is that the attendants are non-intrusive. If I were to go and convert that into an interrupt-driven experience I think it would be a massive downgrade. "Yes, I'd like to be woken for meals alone, please". Lie down, effectively teleport a few thousand miles away, wake up to eat, teleport the rest of the way. One time, I was so tired I just went to sleep in London and woke up in San Francisco. Captain Kirk had nothing on me. The plane was a teleportation chamber. Now I'm sure the thing that many people like is talking to flight attendants, but personally when people wait on me I prefer it completely in the background with a minimum of questions and interruptions.
  - megablast 3y ago
    Great. You can have virtual flight attendants interrupt your day every 10 minutes if you like.
  - fastball 3y ago
    Are you paying for business class to chat with flight attendants?
    - ddingus 3y ago
      Well, anyone who does will get a nice chat, just saying! :) Personally, the best chats I have had were near the back of a partially full flight. The ones in first and or business rate right up there. I like to talk with the crew when they want to. One learns all sorts of stuff and or just talks right through a long flight over before one knows it.
  - ETH_start 3y ago
    What sets the Apple Vision Pro apart from VR headsets is that you can interact with the flight attendants.
threeseed 3y ago
I fly business class all the time and would absolutely use this. I get to watch my own content on a significantly larger and better quality screen.
prawn 3y ago
I bet they absolutely will. If I could afford business/first, I'd absolutely buy something like this just to be able to watch content or work on a bigger screen and without the constant interruptions you get on in-flight entertainment. Then in economy, not having to cram a laptop where it can get crushed by the seat in front, or craning your neck, etc - that'd be fantastic.
- hadlock 3y ago
  The Quest Go came out in 2018 (first "real" VR headset for this kind of thing) and I've never ever seen someone use one in flight. Not once in four+ years. I average about one flight a month.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > Quest Go came out in 2018 (first "real" VR headset for this kind of thing) It’s lower quality than an iPad and looks dorky.
  - prawn 3y ago
    The Quest headsets seem pitched for fitness-type games as much as anything else, whereas this pushes the higher resolution for workspace and content consumption. Here is a thread about someone using one on a flight: https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest2/comments/s1fy2i/quest_2_on_airplane_any_tips/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest2/comments/s1fy2i/quest_... I've never seen someone use a Switch on a flight, but I'd assume it's not uncommon.
skywhopper 3y ago
I’m not sure. If you regularly pay for first class, then these goggles probably seem downright cheap. P
xenospn 3y ago
Oh they 100% absolutely will. Also, most people in business class don’t actually pay full price. It’s mostly upgrades and such.
astrange 3y ago
I met someone at a party once who does this. I later found out they founded a popular video game streaming website.

JumpCrisscross 3y ago

> Nobody is paying business or first class prices and wearing a VR headset. Certainly not devoting carry on baggage space for it. Why not? The screens aren’t that great. And I may want to watch my own content.

misterprime 3y ago
It's actually pleasant to interact with the flight attendants. They have nice things to share, like snacks, drinks, and food.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > actually pleasant to interact with the flight attendants. They have nice things to share, like snacks, drinks, and food I'm generally a book and chat flier. But most people aren't. And I'm not all the time. My limited rebuttal is to the claim that for some reason front cabin passengers won't want an escape. Hell, I could see e.g. Delta having a VR stream that makes it look like you're super-manning when laying flat.
- renewiltord 3y ago
  Every time I fly First, the best part of it is that the attendants are non-intrusive. If I were to go and convert that into an interrupt-driven experience I think it would be a massive downgrade. "Yes, I'd like to be woken for meals alone, please". Lie down, effectively teleport a few thousand miles away, wake up to eat, teleport the rest of the way. One time, I was so tired I just went to sleep in London and woke up in San Francisco. Captain Kirk had nothing on me. The plane was a teleportation chamber. Now I'm sure the thing that many people like is talking to flight attendants, but personally when people wait on me I prefer it completely in the background with a minimum of questions and interruptions.
- megablast 3y ago
  Great. You can have virtual flight attendants interrupt your day every 10 minutes if you like.
- fastball 3y ago
  Are you paying for business class to chat with flight attendants?
  - ddingus 3y ago
    Well, anyone who does will get a nice chat, just saying! :) Personally, the best chats I have had were near the back of a partially full flight. The ones in first and or business rate right up there. I like to talk with the crew when they want to. One learns all sorts of stuff and or just talks right through a long flight over before one knows it.
- ETH_start 3y ago
  What sets the Apple Vision Pro apart from VR headsets is that you can interact with the flight attendants.

threeseed 3y ago

I fly business class all the time and would absolutely use this. I get to watch my own content on a significantly larger and better quality screen.

prawn 3y ago

I bet they absolutely will. If I could afford business/first, I'd absolutely buy something like this just to be able to watch content or work on a bigger screen and without the constant interruptions you get on in-flight entertainment. Then in economy, not having to cram a laptop where it can get crushed by the seat in front, or craning your neck, etc - that'd be fantastic.

hadlock 3y ago
The Quest Go came out in 2018 (first "real" VR headset for this kind of thing) and I've never ever seen someone use one in flight. Not once in four+ years. I average about one flight a month.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > Quest Go came out in 2018 (first "real" VR headset for this kind of thing) It’s lower quality than an iPad and looks dorky.
- prawn 3y ago
  The Quest headsets seem pitched for fitness-type games as much as anything else, whereas this pushes the higher resolution for workspace and content consumption. Here is a thread about someone using one on a flight: https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest2/comments/s1fy2i/quest_2_on_airplane_any_tips/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest2/comments/s1fy2i/quest_... I've never seen someone use a Switch on a flight, but I'd assume it's not uncommon.

skywhopper 3y ago

I’m not sure. If you regularly pay for first class, then these goggles probably seem downright cheap. P

xenospn 3y ago

Oh they 100% absolutely will. Also, most people in business class don’t actually pay full price. It’s mostly upgrades and such.

astrange 3y ago

I met someone at a party once who does this. I later found out they founded a popular video game streaming website.