Travel trends for 2019 | lonely planet travel trends 2019
VR,AR.Unlessyou’vebeenlivingunderarockforthepastfewyears,you’veheardofvirtualandaugmentedreality,technologiesthathavemadetheleapfromsci-fitosmartphone.Andnowthey’retransformingeverystageofthetravelexperience.First,let’srecap:VRreferstoacomputersimulationofanenvironmentthatyoucanexperiencethroughthesenses–principallysightsandsoundsbutthere’smoretocome–andinteractwith.Doingsorequiresaheadset,whichissometimespairedwithmoreexoticformsofinterfacesuchassensor-ladengloves.ARworksdifferently,superim...
VR, AR. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve heard of virtual and augmented reality, technologies that have made the leap from sci-fi to smartphone. And now they’re transforming every stage of the travel experience.
First, let’s recap: VR refers to a computer simulation of an environment that you can experience through the senses – principally sights and sounds but there’s more to come – and interact with. Doing so requires a headset, which is sometimes paired with more exotic forms of interface such as sensor-laden gloves. AR works differently, superimposing digital information on a user’s view of the world through a device such as a smartphone, thus adding an extra layer to reality.
Is this the traveller of 2019? © Anton Chechotkin / AlamyAfter years of predictions about these technologies eating the world, followed by a few false dawns (hello and goodbye, Google Glass), it does now feel as if we’re past the point of no return; the te...