Can VR Help to Protect Endangered Underwater Worlds?
One of VR’s potentials is that with this technology one is able to immerse into every environment, no matter how hard it is to get there in reality. As David Attenborough, an English broadcaster and naturalist stated: “VR has incredible potential. It takes you to places you could have never…
The Role of Virtual Reality at Olympia 2016
Virtual Reality is highly involved in showing the world the best side of Rio de Janeiro. A great example is how the Olympic City Museum created a 360-degree video with the help of helicopters and hang gliders flying all over the city. The film includes main parts of Rio but…
Cycling through Britain in VR
For Aaron Puzey it was too boring to just sit at home on his exercise bike. As he is a game developer, he thought of an idea to make the monotonous workout more fun and exciting, without having to deal with bad weather, scary traffic or bugs flying into his mouth.…
Photogrammetry to recreate actual environments
We have previously mentioned the great potential we see in using photogrammetry as a tool to capture real-life environments and to digitalize them to be used for touristic purposes. Now, another possibility to use this technology to capture the scene has entered the market. Much debated for possible safety hazards,…
How Pokémon GO is used by tourism companies
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…
Everest VR
In April we introduced you to two different companies working on virtual Mount Everest experiences. If you are ready to climb up to the top of the world, you can now do so and join the expedition – virtually! “Everest VR” by Sólfar Studios and RVX has been released today and is now…
How Pokémon GO can benefit tourism
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…
A group VR experience to explore Mars by bus
The first people who will visit Mars are sitting in a school today. In fact, the first astronauts will arrive before today’s kindergarteners graduate college. To help inspire these students, Lockheed Martin created a one-of-a-kind bus fitted with a lot of high-tech that enables them to explore the surface of Mars to…
Followup: Statistics about VR
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…
Space travel with VR
Have you ever dreamed about traveling to space? For a lot of people this is one of the biggest dreams. However, various restrictions such as financial resources, health conditions or simply the fact that it is not possible/available yet to travel to space make the realization of that dream impossible. This is where…