The world on your desktop [Virtual Reality - travel]
Desmond H. Birkett · Engineering & Technology · 2020
Where are you going on holiday this summer? The answer is - probably nowhere! With the arrival of Covid-19, our vacation planning has been put on hold. So to replace our annual fortnight of rest and relaxation, tour companies and tourist boards have been rushing to create virtual breaks. At the heart of enabling these experiences are technologies that allow us to escape from the confinement of lockdown to another part of the world. Some of this technology is tried, tested and relatively cheap. But the ways in which we travel virtually are expanding and improving rapidly.