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Lufthansa brings the inflight experience to life with mixed reality

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Re: Lufthansa brings the inflight experience to life with mixed reality

#13

Lufthansa will do anything for its business class except make it any good.

What’s wrong with Lufthansa? It’s the only international business class I’ve ever flown. Had good experiences compared most domestic airlines in the US.

Re: Lufthansa brings the inflight experience to life with mixed reality

#14
I get the hate, but I find this semi-interesting. I flew business recently and the airline had a '3d' walkthrough of their cabin (i.e. 360deg photos at multiple points), a bit like property market listings where you have to press a bunch of arrows to move around. It may seem daft, and you may not be able to imagine someone using this in its current iteration, but I reckon as VR-wear becomes less clunky, stuff like this will be really useful. There are many air (and airmile) hobbyists and frequent flyers who like this stuff. So, hm, I guess people should just be a bit more generous with their good-faith tech curiosity instead of pouring hate?

EDIT: to expand a bit on why I like these walkthroughs in general: if I'm gonna spend a significant amount of money it's really useful to see what I'm getting for it. Unlike real-estate, you can't see an airline cabin unless you've already purchased the ticket and are fully committed. It's really that simple. Also if it's a rare joy, it's nice to build up a bit of excitement with these walkthroughs. Maybe that's dumb.

Re: Lufthansa brings the inflight experience to life with mixed reality

#15
Building exhibits includes paying for parts, transportation, and labour costs, while grounding actual planes in order to train employees would mean missing out on vital revenue.

So… they can build physical mockups for trade-shows around the world, but not for their training centres at HQ?

Re: Lufthansa brings the inflight experience to life with mixed reality

#17
"With the technological improvements we currently see for headsets and software, I am convinced that mixed reality has the potential to transform many elements of the travel experience and drive scale."

- Dr. Björn Becker, Head of Program, Future Intercontinental Experience, Lufthansa

What does "drive scale" mean here? Getting more passengers into the same plane volume?

Re: Lufthansa brings the inflight experience to life with mixed reality

#20

Lufthansa has the least amount of seat space in any plane I've flown in. But sure, goggles.

Given that legroom, seat pitch and such is something that can easily be researched before purchasing a ticket. Unless someone is forcing you to fly a particular airline, is this something to complain about?

https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Lufthansa/fleetinfo.php

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