David Dicko describes Skylights' early commercial traction and airline pilot tests to investors on The Pitch.
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Dicko: Skylights will be the top VR entertainment distributor in two years
“And so very, very strongly we are in a position, this is our point, we are in a position to, within the next two years, to become the number one virtual reality entertainment distributor in the world.”
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Dicko: Consumer VR will not achieve ubiquitous adoption in five years
“Or you think that virtual reality is going to submerge the market and then in five years everyone's going to have a virtual reality headset. I don't think so, by the way.”
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Dicko: Seatback screens cost $20k each and add $1B in airline fuel
“They cost 20,000 dollars each, and they're so heavy that the airline industry spends one billion dollars in extra fuel cost just to fly them around.”
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Dicko: Virtual reality has not found a killer use case outside gaming
“Very, very clearly, virtual reality is looking for its killer use case. It's found one in the gaming and is still looking for any other killer use case out there.”
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Dicko: Skylights gets 50% business-class uptake averaging four hours
“We have one passenger out of two, and so when it's given out for free in business, we have about 50% uptake of four hours on average.”
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Dicko: 75% of surveyed passengers prefer Skylights over seatback screens
“And we have about 75% of people who say yes, and of the same amount who prefer that to see back screens.”