Post by Owen on Oct 25, 2020 21:22:35 GMT
1 ~~~ It's now possible to travel the world from your living room ~~~
www.cntraveller.com/article/virtual-travel ~ 24 March 2020 ~
The need for escapism is more acute than ever.
From immersive gaming graphics to virtual tours around galleries in New York and Italy, here is how to travel virtually
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the travel industry – forcing countries to close borders, cancel flights and place populations on lockdown – going on holiday will have to be postponed. However, the need for escapism is more acute than ever, as is our curiosity, which will not be satisfied by being housebound. Instead of bingeing endless Netflix shows, the answer could lie in virtual travel. (If people are paying to see a hologram of Whitney Houston perform in concert, then why not?)
In the USA, video games are, apparently, being played at record levels, while sales of home consoles such as Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 are rocketing in South Korea. The same can be expected in the UK as people increasingly become quarantined – but instead of playing shoot-’em-ups, how about taking a walk around the Academy Ruins in Anthem or nosing around the White House in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2?
www.cntraveller.com/article/virtual-travel ~ 24 March 2020 ~