(content by Amann)
Virtual Reality is being used in so many different ways. If you own Boeing stock, you probably know that pilots are trained on virtual reality simulators. Training in areas in almost every industry uses some sort of virtual reality.
Virtual reality is the interactive videos and images that allow viewers to have a 360-degree of a scene. This picture and video are different from the normal ones as the normal ones are shot from a fixed viewpoint while virtual ones are shot at a 360-degree angle. When it comes to the travel industry, virtual reality can uniquely help tourist choose a destination.
The images and videos are captured using specialized cameras, rigs, and software. After the videos and pictures have been captured, they can be viewed through a VR headset, computer, or mobile phone. Many people assume that virtual reality videos can only be viewed using VR headsets, but as seen above, all devices can view them.
Virtual Reality in the Travel Industry
Businesses, especially those in the travel industries, have quickly adapted to using virtual reality to market their company. Customers are willing to purchase experience rather than products. Virtual reality markets businesses through video and images, as stated previously. Travel customers require a lot of information before booking hotels. They need to know how the resort looks like, safety, and what scenarios surround that particular place. Customers can look for the information online by using hotels’ social media pages and look for reviews. All this long and tedious process can be shortened by visual reality.
If you use apps and websites that travel businesses operate with, you will realize that they are using virtual reality to promote their businesses. The 360-degree videos give customers the “before buy experience.”
Benefits of Virtual Reality in the Travel Industry
Even though businesses have not fully started using the VR headsets, they are in the experimental stage and the results are being witnessed. Here are some of the benefits of using virtual reality in the travel industry.
- Virtual tours of the excellent hotel
Example of virtual reality are potential customers having to see their hotel’s room tour even before deciding on booking. They can see the services the hotels offer and what to expect upon booking.
- Virtual booking interface
Many companies have used virtual reality to the next level by offering complete booking processes that can be experienced through VR headsets. This booking procedure has come to replace the fashion computer mouse and mobile phone system of booking flights and hotels. This type of booking allows clients to see different room options and choose what they like.
- Virtual travel experience
Virtual reality offers hotels, travel agents, and other businesses the chance to showcase their travel experiences to their potential customers. This means that potential customers will sample some of the main attraction sites that are likely to draw them to a particular location.
A good example is a hotel located in Paris. They may use virtual reality to show how the top of the Eiffel looks like at night. This will trigger tourists to visit.
VR headsets are programmed to provide a realistic virtual reality experience for the user. The headset moves in coordination with how the user’s head moves. This allows them to get to experience the full view of what to expect. The number of VR headset owners is increasing with each day as their popularity increases. The popularity is mostly from the gaming market where technology is pushing itself hard. Massive online selling platforms are investing hugely in VR headsets, promising a brighter future for this space.
- Better than reality
Visuals seen in visual reality are way better than reality. The observable fact makes their users feel like they are in another world. Certain features have been incorporated in these devices, such as sounds, vibrations among others.
- Used in many fields
Virtual reality can not only be used in the travel industry but various other industries. Some of those industries include health, education, and the military. When it comes to the construction industry, virtual reality can be used to view the final product.
- Gives details
You need details when it comes to things you like. When choosing that holiday destination for your family, you need to know the experience you will get long before traveling.
Before embarking on booking that holiday destination, try out visual reality to make sure you get what you saw in the videos and pictures.
