Perhaps a simple request to a Flight Attendant, requesting that you be given control of your window shade so you can occasionally look outside?
Haven't flown a 787 (or Virgin) yet - although I'm scheduled to fly a Virgin 787 to LHR in a few months. But on other aircraft, I will occasionally pause the movie I'm watching to raise the shade for a quick glimpse outside to see what's going on (I'm seen some pretty spectacular sight out the window doing that in the past) - and I'd be seriously unhappy if I lost the ability to do that.