Chapter 1: Introduction
Virtual Reality (VR) is a topic that advances at a very rapid speed. It is important to stay up to date and know some basic information about the technology if one plans to grab hold in this fast-paced industry. This …
Chapter 6: VR in other Areas of Tourism
During the research for this article, the author identified several additional uses of VR in tourism. This chapter highlights a selected few of these projects grouped by categories.
Attractions
The Europapark theme park in Germany has opened a VR roller-coaster …
Chapter 5: VR in Tourism Destinations
As explained previously, VR is a simulation of the real world, or sometimes an imaginary world. In the touristic context, the simulated real world is of more importance. Especially the sense of sight is very important in tourism, where a …
Chapter 2: History of VR
While VR has only recently gained immensely in mainstream popularity (Metz, 2015a), it is a concept that has actually been around since the 1960s. The ‘Sensorama’ by Morton Heilig incorporated a contraption that showed a pre-recorded 3D slideshow (such as …