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Hamish Hector

I took the Virtual Boy on an 11hr flight — the best part was telling the flight attendant how terrible it is

The Virtual Boy on a United flight's tray table.

In the marketing for every VR headset and pair of XR glasses released you'll almost definitely see someone using the device on an airplane, because when you're crammed into a metal box thousands of feet above the Earth it's nice to imagine you're somewhere else – exploring some far-off place or enjoying a movie on a giant virtual screen many times larger than the one built into the seat in front of you.

So tech testers like me always love to try these things out on planes. After giving Meta, Xreal, RayNeo, and a few other XR gadgets a crack while I'm in the air, I thought it only fair I give the Nintendo Virtual Boy its turn.

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