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Virtual reality adds to tourism through touch, smell and real people's experiences

  • Written by Erik Malcolm Champion, UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation, Curtin University
Virtual reality adds to tourism through touch, smell and real people's experiencesVirtual reality can bring historical sites to life.

Back in 2001, an acquaintance who worked for Lonely Planet told me about a surprise discovery. The travel guide business had an audience of people who would buy their travel books, but never travel. Lonely Planet dubbed them “virtual tourists”.

Now Lonely Planet, and others, have...

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