3.3-1Is virtual reality the future of in-flight entertainment_1外国文学名著导读.pdf

Gulliver Oct4th2018 |byA.W. |WASHINGTON,DC overhead:头顶上的 FIRST there were the overhead televisions showing films. seatback entertainment Then seatback entertainment screens were introduced. More screens:后座娱乐屏 recently, many airlines have introduced in-flight entertainment services that can be accessed on passenger in-flight entertainment smartphones via the aircraft’s wi-fi system. Could the next services:机内娱乐服务项 step in the evolution of in-flight entertainment be virtual- 目 realitygoggles? goggle:护目镜；风镜 AlaskaAirlines hasjust become the first carrier in America to offer virtual-reality headsets on its flights. So far, the headset:头戴式视图器 programmehas limited availability. It was offered as a trial to limited availability: 限量供 first-class passengers on two routes, Seattle to Boston and 应 Bostonto San Diego,between September 23RD and 27TH.Yet if virtual-reality entertainment proves popular with flyers, it flyer:飞机乘客 couldsoonbecomemuchmorewidespread. Alaska is not the first carrier to offer virtual-reality entertainment.Theserviceisprovidedby anAmerican-French company called SkyLights, which also offers in- flight virtual realityonXLAirways,CorsairandJoon,threeFrenchairlines. Meanwhile, a rival company, InflightVR, recently introduced virtual-reality entertainment on the Lithuania-based Small Planet Airlines, initially on flights between Amsterdam and southern Europe, and its product will be further tested on IberiaofSpainafteratrialrunbetweenMadridandTelAviv. atrialrun:试验 Sowhy do airlinesthink that passengerswill likevirtual reality intheskies?Themostobv