Tag: VR tourism

New Anne of Green Gables VR technology experience unveiled

Julie Campbell
VR technology - Green Gables in PEI

Users get to see Avonlea through the eyes of their own version of an Anne Shirley avatar. A new VR technology-based Anne of Green Gables experience as described in the New Yorker has been resurrected after years of delay, allowing users to experience Avonlea, Prince Edward Island through the eyes of a red-headed avatar. The experience doesn’t turn the user into Anne Shirley, but their own version of the character instead. The VR technology experience provides the user with the option to create their own version of the Anne of…

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German town creates VR tourist experience to keep visitors wanting more

Sam Lambert
VR tourist - person wearing virtual reality headset

Herrenberg is working with technology to prop up its struggling tourism industry during the pandemic. The German town of Herreberg has designed a unique VR tourist experience to allow people from around the world to explore its beautiful sites and attractions. It created a virtual reality experience with the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). A VR tourist will soon be able to travel throughout the town’s scenic and signature cross-timbered houses as well as its historic churches, among other sites. This is because a virtual digital twin of Herrenberg has…

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