How Virtual Reality (VR)is changing our world and the Tourism Industry

Science and Technology is shaping the world every second, minute, hours and days. It seems quite undisputed. When we are talking about some excited breakthrough of science and technology. Virtual Reality Device (VR) cannot be left out of the trending technology this days. Virtual Reality Device (VR) is changing the Game industry, and mostly, now trending in tourism industry is amazing to talk about.

Virtual Reality Device is a computer technology that uses Virtual Reality Headsets or multi-projected environments, and most of the time in combination with our physical environment in order to generate realistic images, sound and other appealing and sensations that simulate the user’s physical immediate vicinity in a virtual and imagination environment.

This technology breakthrough is becoming more accessible with the improvement in the technology, we are now witnessing lot of applications coming up for this technology, which is now gaining momentum in leisure and tourism industry which cheerful embracement. Gaming and Entertainment industry are not excluded from the benefactor of this technology with the experiences. VR is based on numbers of technologies and theories.

Virtual Reality Device in Tourism

If we take a look a tourism industry today, video and photography has been playing a vital role in the promotion of the industry. A typical example is here on steemit, where travel bloggers will include the video clips and photography of their tour and vacation experiences of a particular location. Video is very appealing to sense than reading text. Virtual Reality has come to take video in tourism to the next level. With this new invention of technology the users find themselves in the same dimension and are deeply rooted with the information. The Virtual Environment provided by VR is accompanied by sensory simulations such as sound, touch, sight and also feedback. With this device you will feel like you are in the real physical world, but you are lost in the virtual environment.
To those who are unable to visit a particular place, VR offer a realistic tourist experience through time and space at the comfort of their and safety of their home without stress and without additional travel cost. VR has been providing viable and sustainable solutions to tourism experiences. VR is changing the way we do things and our engagement in the real world today.

What are the Importance of Virtual Reality?

1. It help Users especially tourist to tap into the information of the destination of places they want to visit before they proceed on their journey to such location. This help them to make good decision and quality analysis.
2. Virtual Reality Devices and applications also provide proving location-based travel assistance to tourists anytime.
3. You also use VR to get information about any nearby hotels. Many hotels have started offering Virtual Reality service to their customers. Hotel like Marriot offer Virtual Reality room to their customers in a luxury hotel room. This also a form of relaxation. When you are with your VR device and application you do not need any one to guide you to any destination because you already have a friend that can do that. These will save you from been cheated by anyone, so far you have the genuine information at hand.
4. Virtual Reality will give you the opportunity to experience vacation destination before you will book any trip. These will save time and money. When you know what to do and where to go and visit and how the place looks like.
5. It also enable us to carry intensity and widen our emotion of tourism experiences. It widen our mind and push us to our imagination. Several VP app and devices like VR headset from Oculus Rift and Samsung were launched in 2016.The Virtual Environment experienced in VR are similar and also look real like you are in the physical world in order to create best lively experience.
6. Virtual Reality also have some health benefits. It is now used to treat Anxiety disorder through the use of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) is a form of exposure therapy to treat any form of anxiety disorder which is ususally combined with behavioural therapy. This has been helping.
7. It is also used in pain management like acute pain treatment, because it cause distraction when you are involved with the device and the app which will reduce your feeling of pains. VR has lot of advantages to medical world also. It is used in simulation of surgeries which allow medical surgeons to practice their skills without damaging any organs of their patients.
8. It also has it contribution to art world also.
   **There are numerous advantages attached to the use of VR in diverse field and skills. Most Virtual device comes warning on how to use it and some disadvantages attached to it when you are addicted to it, like seizures, discomfort, trip and fall among others. Make sure that when you are buying your Oculus Rift as VR device make sure you read through the warning before you started using it.
   You can always get one from Amazon,BestBuy, and Oculus Rift Website for $349 only
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Reference
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