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Air New Zealand Takes Wraps Off Magic Leap One Adventure Tourism Game
Next Reality AR
OCTOBER 10, 2018
The thrill and excitement of great tourism generally requires visitors to take part in the country's local fare in person.
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Memory Capture & Virtual Tourism for the Benefit of Those with Physical Disabilities
Road to VR
JULY 24, 2016
Roy is doing a sort of virtual tourism that is enabling other people with impaired mobility to get a taste of the different experiences that he’s having. The post Memory Capture & Virtual Tourism for the Benefit of Those with Physical Disabilities appeared first on Road to VR.
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Failte Ireland using VR to boost tourism
Hypergrid Business
MAY 21, 2016
Failte Ireland, Ireland’s tourism authority, is using virtual reality experiences to promote the region to tourists and will expand the project to trade and industry partners so they can promote their own tourist activities....
Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ Update Brings New Content, Touch Support, and Improved Visuals
Road to VR
MARCH 6, 2017
HTC Vive Games News Oculus Rift Games SteamVR Games VR Games photogrammetry virtual reality tourism vr tourismRealities, a ‘virtual travel’ title that presents near photo-realistic VR captures of real-world locations, has received a major update.
Photorealistic VR Tour ‘Nefertari: Journey to Eternity’ Takes You Deep into a 3,000 Year-old Egyptian Tomb
Road to VR
JULY 2, 2018
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Making the World a Better Place with Virtual Reality
Tech Trends VR
JUNE 11, 2018
SpaceVR will use Virtual Space Tourism to connect us to our planet and to each other, expanding the limits of human consciousness. Let’s launch cool s**t into space!”.
Complete Your First Space Travel Without Waiting For SpaceX Lunar Tourism
VeeR VR
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Elon Musk signed up his first passenger – Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa to fulfill the pledge to the moon since he founded SpaceX. If everything goes well, Maezawa will be the first passenger and private astronaut to travel to the moon in 2023.
VR Travel | Tourism Marketing Successful Examples and How To Get Started!
VeeR VR
DECEMBER 13, 2017
BBC News has recently published an article regarding the application of Virtual Reality technology in tourism - in short, VR can evidently boost tourism businesses as a marketing tactic. VR to tourism is like a free sampler to snacks. If you are in the travel industry, I hope this article will help you get started on VR tourism marketing. A production by Beijing Tourism Development to showcase some of the best attractions this city has to offer.
AT&T to Launch DirectTV App for Magic Leap One in 2019, Sets Up 5G Test Area at Magic Leap Headquarters
Next Reality AR
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Don't Miss: Air New Zealand Takes Wraps Off Magic Leap One Adventure Tourism Game Not only did the team announce the app, but Donovan gave the audience a preview of what it will. Magic Leap and AT&T have lifted the lid on multiple parts of their mysterious relationship today.
SpaceVR wants to take you to outer space
VRWorld
JUNE 6, 2018
aerospace Business News startups Virtual Reality (VR) Space SpaceVR VR TourismAs its name implies, SpaceVR wants to take you into space. By itself, this isn’t that interesting: there’s already plentiful VR games and simulators taking place in space, for instance. What makes this one interesting isn’t the concept, it’s the execution. How does SpaceVR take you into space? By launching a satellite, called the Overview 1.
Who is Trying to Make Key App for VR?
VRWorld
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Let’s take a quick look at some of the more significant developments in VR elsewhere in the world, in travel i.e. tourism, medicine, and virtual replacements for smokey casinos. Travel / Tourism.
Giant $1.5 Billion VR Theme Park to Open in China, Promising 35 VR Attractions
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
After our attraction opens, it will change the entire tourism structure of Guizhou province as well as China’s southwest,” Chief Executive Chen Jianli told Reuters. A giant robot looms over the outskirts of Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province in China.
Nefertari: Journey to Eternity Is A ‘Tombscale’ VR App With Photorealistic Environments
UploadVR
JUNE 29, 2018
It’s only a short experience but a great game of what VR is going to be able to do for education and virtual tourism in the years to come. This has to be one of the better attempts at bringing a real-world location into VR that we’ve seen in recent months.
Expert View: Immersive Technology Investment Boosting Creativity
Tech Trends VR
MAY 8, 2018
The investment will primarily focus on virtual reality video games, interactive art shows and augmented reality experiences in tourism. The investment will primarily focus on virtual reality video games, interactive art shows and augmented reality experiences in tourism Click To Tweet.
Report: VR and AR Device Market to hit $1.8 billion in 2018
Tech Trends VR
APRIL 9, 2018
We saw in our latest consumer survey that virtual tourism, remote participation in events such as music concerts, and virtual social interactions are all emerging as further uses for virtual reality.
Oculus Gets Down to Business With New Rift Bundle Aimed at Commercial Use
Road to VR
OCTOBER 13, 2017
A new commercial-focused hardware bundle including Rift headset, Touch controllers, three Sensors, and three facial interfaces was revealed at Oculus Connect 4 this week.
‘In Death’ is a Medieval Roguelike Bow-shooter from ‘EVEREST VR’ Developer Sólfar Studios
Road to VR
DECEMBER 18, 2017
In quite the pivot from virtual tourism experience EVEREST VR (2016) , Iceland-based Sólfar Studios has revealed their next VR project, In Death , a VR roguelike bow-shooter that promises procedurally generated crawling for loot and more.
‘Zip Now London’ Attraction Combines VR With Zip Lining
VRScout
JULY 26, 2018
Zip Now London’s VR Jebel Jais Flight was the result of a partnership between Zip Now London and Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority. Experience Dubai’s infamous Jebel Jais Flight zip line while soaring over the House of Parliament in this new UK attraction.
SpaceTime Enterprises Will Use VR To Bring People To Space
UploadVR
MAY 3, 2018
Let’s face it; VR might happen in our lifetime but accessible, affordable space tourism might not. At least, not any time soon. But In-Space Missions and Rewind want to use VR and AR to bring us closer to being an astronaut than ever before. This week the pair announced SpaceTime Enterprises , a UK-based initiative that will see multiple satellites launched into low Earth orbit.
Samsung’s In-house Incubator to Showcase New VR/AR Experiments at MWC
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
traVRer , the last wordy entree from C-Lab showing at MWC, is a 360-degree video platform focused on virtual tourism, letting you visit landmarks and famous places around the world but with the mood, noises and events captured.
VR Gets Experimental At Moving Image New York 2017
VRScout
MARCH 3, 2017
PRIMAL TOURISM: ISLAND. Developed over the course of over 8 months, Primal Tourism: Island combines colonialism, tourism and science fiction to create a truly unique experience that’s as accurate as it is imaginative.
Project Goa Will Bring Virtual Reality To Any Smartphone
VR Game Critic
MAY 26, 2016
Nod, the tech startup developing Goa, hopes to tap into the enthusiasm around VR to expand past gaming into applications like real estate, medicine, museums, and tourism
‘Twilight’ VR Ride Coming to Lionsgate Theme Park
VRScout
MARCH 13, 2018
In 2020, Lionsgate will followup their Chinese indoor theme park with an outdoor park in South Korea in the tourism hub of Jeju Island. The 237,000-square foot indoor theme park will be located in China.
Alex Kipman Nominated for Inventor’s Award
Tech Trends VR
MAY 2, 2018
for enhanced video calls), a 3D virtual tourism application, and a suite of mixed-reality games, as well as industrial uses for metering and quality control, and interactive digital human anatomy.
Take a Ride in this VR Hot Air Balloon
VRScout
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
But Janimation is also looking at how the experience could be useful in the tourism and hospitality industry as a less expensive alternative to marketing events like media tours and FAM (familiarization) events.
George Washington’s Home Is Getting An AR Tour
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The tours are a production of ARtGlass, a company working to bring augmented reality to mainstream “cultural” tourism. The homes of Presidents George Washington and James Monroe are getting AR tours by way of Epson’s Moverio glasses. Monroe’s historic home, known as Highland, is the first place to launch the AR tours with Washington’s Mount Vernin coming online this spring.
Google Helps Preserve Endangered Historical Sites in VR
VRScout
APRIL 17, 2018
One of the original pioneers in 3D laser-scanning, Ben realized his technology could be used towards immortalizing monuments and other historical sites facing potential destruction by war, tourism, or just good old fashioned mother nature.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve…in VR
VRScout
DECEMBER 29, 2016
One work on display at the party will be Jakob Kusk Steensen’s “Primal Tourism,” a piece in which “colonialism, tourism and science fiction overlap.” Capping off a huge year for VR, people around the world are turning to VR for NYE celebrations. Every year, people from around world get together to ring in the new year. Some travel to faraway locations to join hordes of revelers in celebratory countdowns replete with massive fireworks shows.
Steam’s Autumn Sale Officially Kicks Off With Over 250 VR Games Discounted
UploadVR
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
That means games, educational experiences, virtual tourism, videos, and more are all needed in order for VR to thrive. Software sells hardware — it’s a well-known fact, passed down by wise men throughout the generations.
Haptics Project H2L Sells Shares To Sony Innovation, Raising Over $1.7 Million
UploadVR
MARCH 30, 2017
H2L (Happy Hacking Life), a Tokyo-based company that specializes in VR/AR related to gaming and tourism, has engineered a haptic device of their own and it is surprisingly low-profile. From exo-claws for your forearms to vests for your entire upper body, haptic feedback devices run the gauntlet when it comes to different ways to further immerse players in virtual worlds.
Meet Your New President: Photorealistic Trump Takes Office in VR
UploadVR
JANUARY 20, 2017
Today, one more out-of-the-way locale is being brought into the realm digitally accessible tourism: President Trump standing in the oval office of the White House.
Funding Roundup: InstaVR Raises $2M & iStaging Raises $5M.
AllThingsVR
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Funding Roundup: InstaVR Raises $2M & iStaging Raises $5M Series A & Razer Creates $30M Fund To Invest In Games, Tech, and VR InstaVR , a San Francisco, CA-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, closed a $2M series A equity funding round.
How Valve’s ‘The Lab’ Trains Your Brain to Appreciate Good VR.
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 10, 2016
For the archery experience you have an old castle door, for a photogrammetry experience of virtual tourism, we have a “photo wall” with postcards pinned to it.
InstaVR To Produce Content For Hello Kitty Theme Park
UploadVR
MARCH 21, 2017
InstaVR also includes a VR tourism heat-map that shows where virtual patrons gaze the most and Sanrio will be using that data to shape interactive features in the VR content. Likely due to the costs and complexity of virtual reality setups, theme parks are often referenced as prime homes for VR installations and rides. Amusement parks not only have the funding that can go into individual attractions providing fully immersive VR, but also the square feet to do so with few barriers.
Galactica is a VR Rollercoaster Opening at Alton Towers in April
VRCircle
JANUARY 14, 2016
During the three minute ride, the virtual world revolves around a fictional space tourism company, Galactica, in the year 3016 and begins before you've taken off on the Galactanaut ship. If you live in the UK you may be already very familiar with Alton Towers.
Baidu Opens Augmented Reality Lab in Beijing
VRScout
JANUARY 17, 2017
Baidu’s lab, which currently employs 55 people according Reuters , is intended to drive revenue through AR marketing as well as open up the potential to explore healthcare, education and tourism within the new medium. The Chinese search engine will also begin integrating AR into search.
In First Interview Since Leaving Oculus, Founder Palmer Luckey Talks VR’s Mobile Future, Facebook, and Cosplay
Road to VR
MAY 10, 2017
Palmer Luckey: So it was a plan to increase tourism.
MetaVRse Launches Canada's First Full Service Virtual Reality Agency
Cats and VR
JUNE 29, 2016
MetaVRse has worked with marquee clients including: Royal Ontario Museum, Adidas, Footlocker, Niagara Falls Tourism and CDW. Toronto-based VR Agency MetaVRse has launched as Canada’s first full-service Virtual Reality agency.
Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017
Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2017
In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%).
Virtual musician moves to Ohio to perform live
Hypergrid Business
APRIL 16, 2017
Plus, as always, there are many, many write-ups of tourism, freebie, and shopping destinations from all around the hypergrid — and, of course, the Easter Egg Hunts that have been popping up this month. Torben Asp at a live performance. Image courtesy Avination.).
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