Just recently we reported about the different possibilities how Pokémon GO could benefit the tourism industry. After breaking the record number of 100 million users in less than four weeks on the market, the hype is still on-going as it seems. Now, several tourism providers have started to cater to…
Shortly after we wrote about Statistics about VR in travel and tourism, Greenlight VR released their latest statistics about VR in the 2016 Virtual Reality Consumer Adoption Report. For the purpose of the study, almost 1,300 U.S. consumers got surveyed. The report deals with topics such as experiences and attitudes towards…
We talk about VR a lot on this blog, hence our name. However, you may or may not have yet had the chance to try out VR for yourself. Maybe a colleague told you about it, maybe you read about it in the newspaper or here. You understand that it is…
Airlines and the application of Virtual Reality is nothing new. Lufthansa or Emirates have already showcased their offer in VR and Qantas was the first airline to offer an in-flight VR experience to their customers. Now, another player is stepping in the game and puts VR for airline promotion on a new…
Virtual Reality is developing at such a fast pace – the technology behind, available apps and content, different congresses and fairs are evolving as well as the application in various industries is expanding. This comes along with the emergence of new jobs. As we are based in Austria, we checked out the…
“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…
It is not too late to be the one. The VR market is still developing, but with an incredible strength. There are constantly new players and new opportunities for the tourism industry. Huawei is a multinational organization working in 172 countries all over the world. It is serving almost one…
While we are seeing more and more content being produced exclusively for VR, most use for that content is to be consumed at home or at trade shows. Now, this might be changing, as VR is increasingly used in guerilla-marketing. One of the first uses of VR as guerilla-marketing that…
As we have already mentioned and discussed in different posts, one field of application of Virtual Reality in the tourism sector is tourism promotion. VR offers the viewer the possibility to get a 360° sneak peek of a destination. VR is already a popular promotion tool at fairs, but there…
If something is being spoofed on April Fools day, one is usually safe in the assumption that the technology or item is sure to be of great importance. Well, maybe that is not yet scientifically proven, but we still believe that it shows how the industry is preparing for the…