Category: Travel

The travel industry has come a long way from the travel office to the travel website to the travel app. Business travelers are especially liking these trends. Travel apps are a great downloading favorite now a days, making mobile a necessity for every traveler.

Tour guide app uses David Attenborough hologram to guide guests in UK greenspaces

Julie Campbell
David Attenborough Hologram - David Attenborough Interview YouTube

The application uses augmented reality to guide people with an “Attenborough in your pocket.” A Sir David Attenborough hologram has become the star of a new app that lets smartphone users enjoy the directions and information provided when they visit a spectrum of sites across the United Kingdom. The celebrated nature documentary host will guide app uses through a number of UK greenspaces. The 94-year-old will be in the spotlight throughout the augmented reality app, which will launch at the same time that the BBC brings out its next big…

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Massachusetts town of Orange launches festive QR code tour

John Montgallo
QR code Tour - Christmas Tree in City

The town’s merchants group organized the experience in lieu of its traditional “Santa Comes to Town”. Orange Merchants Group members in the town of Orange, Massachusetts are using a holiday QR code tour to keep residents safe but festive at the same time. The goal was to keep up the Yuletide cheer while keeping up COVID-19 spread-prevention safety protocols by altering the traditional annual “Santa Comes to Orange” event. Residents are invited to wear their masks and drive a 12-stop barcoded route throughout the town. Along the QR code tour,…

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Historic North Loop neighborhood offers QR code tour

Stephanie Beck
QR code tour - image of historic street

The experience offers a virtual trip through the Minneapolis community with former WCCOer Mike Binkley. A new QR code tour has been deployed in the historic North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis. The experience provides historical information along a virtual walk with local news station WCCO retiree. Retired anchor Mike Binkley took part to discover the rich history of this neighborhood. “In all my years of Finding Minnesota for WCCO now I’m just finding the North Loop and there are so many great stories right here in this neighborhood,” said Binkley.…

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Google crowdsources pictures of landmarks for its AR and VR 3D modeling

Sam Lambert
3D Modeling - NeRF in the Wild - Neural Radiance Fields for Unconstrained Photo Collections - NeRF-W YouTube

This strategy is meant to help create a more convincing and accurate viewer experience. Google researchers have developed a strategy to automate the 3D modeling process while enhancing the results it generates through photo crowdsourcing. The tech giant is collecting the images of landmark locations to create convincing replications. The idea of the 3D modeling technique is to use pictures of the real places including both the landmarks and their lighting. The technology employed is called neural radiance fields (NeRF). It extracts three-dimensional depth data from 2D images by measuring…

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Indian Railways soon to use contactless QR code tickets

Stephanie Beck
Contactless QR code tickets - Train in India

Train passengers will also be experiencing check-ins more comparable to those at airports. Indian Railways has announced its plans to start a contactless QR code tickets system across all its stations. Officials have also stated that passengers will also start to see check-in counters more comparable to those at airports. Passengers will use an online ticketing system and will receive an SMS with a URL and quick response barcode. Travelers will make their bookings online. They will automatically receive a confirmation SMS with a URL and a barcode. Once they…

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