Microsoft presents HoloTour for their AR HoloLens

There is not only development on the VR market regarding tourism. While often regarded as growing slower than VR, Augmented Reality is on the rise. While several AR-type apps for mobile devices have been around for a while, true AR is only now reaching a stage of development ready for content developers. A few days ago, Microsoft opened preorders for their HoloLens Developers Kit, with a hefty price tag of $3000. Meta has recently released their Meta 2 AR glasses for around $1000 pre-order price. Together with the pre-order announcement, Microsoft has released some information about the launch apps on the HoloLens. Amongst them is HoloTour, an App that enables users to walk around and explore panoramic settings of Rome or Machu Picchu, complete with the respective spatial sound experience.

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Roman Egger

Professor at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr. Roman Egger is head of the eTourism department and responsible for the coordination of all courses, projects, conferences, publications etc. He connects all the eTourism activities at the University.

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