>Nobody would risk such a thing during an actual flight, not now and not for the foreseeable future, for obvious reasons (safety, motion-sickness etc).
I can't think of any obvious reasons. People are allowed to take their own headset onto the flight, why wouldn't the airline lend a quest 3 to people in business/first class?
I don't think that in the current state airlines could take a risk to provide vr headsets. A lot of things can happen in an airplane, most obviously turbulence, and lack of good orientation and space perception during a flight for something an airline provides and advertises can lead to accidents that can bring bad PR. Moreover, most people are not used to headsets, especially for an extended period of time, and I do not think airlines want to deal with the practicalities or bad PR that vomiting passengers bring either. Flights are complex and cumbersome enough to add hassles like that. People bringing their own helmets is another story, as that does not reflect on the company's image. Maybe if these things are more normalised they could be tried eg by passengers that are scared of flying.
I can't think of any obvious reasons. People are allowed to take their own headset onto the flight, why wouldn't the airline lend a quest 3 to people in business/first class?