Communal TV screens in a binge-watching age? Won’t do, airlines

What airline passenger hasn’t felt the let-down? You board a long-haul flight, ready to settle in for hours of binge-watching a popular television series or movie franchise, only to discover the plane’s on board entertainment is stuck in a time warp. For a public increasingly accustomed to nearly ubiquitous internet access, with on-demand video and continuous social media feeds, the airline cabin too often feels like a final, frustrating frontier. But David Dicko is among the many taking aim at in-flight entertainment ennui. His start-up, SkyLights, has built a virtual reality headset that allows travellers to watch the latest 3-D Hollywood releases at their seats. Dicko’s 3-D headset is part of an industrywide push to bring carriers’ in-flight entertainment up to the standards that many passengers now expect when they travel by car or train. <br/>