Virtual Reality Can Sort Your Restricted Travelling Woes

If you are a big time traveler with a huge wish list but broke at the moment or have less time to fulfil your wishes, virtual reality is your thing! With the increasing trend of experiencing virtual traveling, tech and travel companies have now come up with techniques to help you take a virtual stroll around potential accommodations directly from your home. Scaling popularity validates that one can completely avoid physical travelling simply by adapting to a virtual traveling experience via ace travel apps.

Companies like Travel World VR are utilizing advanced technologies for selling market travel experiences better. In order to promote destinations and inspire customers to adopt virtual reality techniques, the firm has launched an app offering 360 degree VR videos of famous destinations, hotels, resorts etc.

Advertisements and promotions in the hospitality industry can be better conducted with the use of virtual reality technology. As per Travel World VR, “there is no better way to promote your destination than to take your potential clients there virtually, which is what their platform achieves through VR, augmented reality (AR) and 360-degree video.”

Further the New Jersey-based firm claims that virtual reality gives customers the unique opportunity to ‘try-before-you-buy’.

Several airlinesall over the world, including British Airways, Air France, Garuda Indonesia and Skylights, have been deploying virtual reality as a means to keep passengers entertained since many years now. Starting 2016, Skylights has been providing in-flight and in-lounge VR experiences to its passengers, thereby becoming the first firm to use the technique. With this technology, passengers can access over 250 hours of content, which includes early-window blockbusters, HD documentaries and a lot more. The firm has tied up with Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, BBC, National Geographic and DreamWorks for introducing fresh content to their passengers.

Launched first in 2015, post conducting a two-week trial at Marriot Hotels in New York and London, the hotel chain is racing towards effective utilization of virtual reality techniques. As a part of a “VRoom Service”, the hotel offers in-room VR headsets to guests with great travel content.

For a traveler with low budget, Google Earth VR is a great tool to travel to any location in the world. ‘Escape Now: The Icons’ by award-winning virtual reality filmmaker — Tarik Mohamad is another way to enhance your travel experiences. As Tarik shares his stories of various destinations like London, The Great Pyramids of Egypt, Washington, New York City and Brooklyn, you are sure to feel utmost ecstasy on your virtual journey via his app.

Many other apps like Discovery VR, Google Cardboard Camera, Jaunt VR, YouVisitVR and GoPro VR can also be used to get the best virtual travelling experience!