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 for airline passengers.
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.