Overview – Virtual Reality in Tourism https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com Explore the World Without Leaving Home Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:45:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/5505472_augmented_glasses_helmet_mountain_reality_icon.png Overview – Virtual Reality in Tourism https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com 32 32 Chapter 1: Introduction https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-introduction/ https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-introduction/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:35:39 +0000 http://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/?p=557 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 …

]]> 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 …

]]> https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-introduction/feed/ 0 Chapter 6: VR in other Areas of Tourism https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-vr-in-tourism/ https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-vr-in-tourism/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:29:27 +0000 http://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/?p=553 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.

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The Europapark theme park in Germany has opened a VR roller-coaster …

]]> 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 …

]]> https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-vr-in-tourism/feed/ 0 Chapter 5: VR in Tourism Destinations https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-destinations/ https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-destinations/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:27:37 +0000 http://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/?p=551 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 …

]]> 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 …

]]> https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-destinations/feed/ 0 Chapter 2: History of VR https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-history/ https://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/overview-history/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:25:08 +0000 http://www.virtual-reality-in-tourism.com/?p=549 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 …

]]> 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 …

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