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Category: Attractions

How Pokémon GO can benefit tourism

Roman Egger 27. July 2016 3. August 2016Attractions, Augmented Reality, Entertainment 0

Pokémon GO is a recent internet phenomenon that anyone with internet access has heard about. With already more than 65 million current players and rapidly increasing user numbers, it has quickly become the most successful game application of all-time. In essence, it is a mobile AR application where players can move…

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AR in museums

Guest Author 3. July 2016 8. July 2016Attractions, Augmented Reality, Entertainment 0

Part I Connected to the blog entry about Virtual Reality in museums, we also want to look at the topic from a different perspective. As Augmented Reality is on the other side of the reality continuum (Milgram), we focus today on the other end of the spectrum. AR “[…] describes the…

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VR and museums

Julia Beck 19. June 2016 20. June 2016Attractions, Entertainment 0

What to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon? Why not discover a museum on the other side of the world virtually or visit a museum in reality and dive into the provided virtual experiences? Not only are there already a lot of examples existing for VR and museums, but they also…

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The preservation of lost artifacts with VR

Roman Egger 5. June 2016 6. June 2016Accessibility, Attractions 0

In past attacks, the militant group ‘Islamic State’ has destroyed many antiquities in Mosul in Northern Iraq. To counter this, The Economist and Rekrei collaborated  to recreate a museum of lost artifacts, also known as ‘Project Mosul’. The museum explains why many of the lost artifacts and heritage sites are important. Project Mosul was…

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Virtual discoveries with YouVisit

Julia Beck 6. May 2016 5. May 2016Attractions, Destination, Entertainment, Hospitality, Marketing 0

“A life is too short to experience everything the world has to offer.” Therefore you can go on virtual discoveries with YouVisit. YouVisit is a Virtual Reality company based in New York City, offering VR production as well as VR content. Their goal is to empower the world to create and share…

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Coachella VR

Julia Beck 23. April 2016 23. April 2016Attractions, Entertainment 0

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, also known as Coachella, collaborates with Vantage.tv to provide Virtual Reality experiences. If you could not make it to California, you can experience the festival also from your living room with the Coachella VR app.

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Second VR cinema opened its doors in Berlin

Roman Egger 17. April 2016 17. April 2016Attractions, Entertainment 0

Only six weeks ago we published a post about the opening of worlds first VR cinema in Amsterdam. &samhoud media, the company behind the VR cinema, is advancing quickly with their strategy of rapid expansion. This last Thursday they opened a new location for their cinema, this time in Berlin. On…

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Virtual skydive at vrei

Julia Beck 16. April 2016 16. April 2016Attractions, Entertainment 0

If you are living in Austria and you would like to get familiar with Virtual Reality in a comfortable setting, you should check out vrei. vrei is a virtual reality lounge, a combination of a hub for VR and a bar. “A bar enabling you to try virtual reality and leave…

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Radical change of tourism – a video

Roman Egger 7. April 2016 7. April 2016Attractions, General 0

While we are not yet involved with the creation of videos, we would like to share this video curated by the people at Virtuality about the radical change of the travel industry caused by VR. We believe it sums up the many opportunities VR offers to service providers to enable a…

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How to make Tequila in VR – Patrón shows how

Roman Egger 29. March 2016 25. March 2016Attractions, Production 0

Even though this VR production is from last year, we still believe that it is worth mentioning here because of the incredible effort that was invested by the participating teams. A total of six months in the making and using every trick from the box, ranging from great storytelling techniques via…

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